Part of the “passkeys are more secure than passwords” story is derived from the fact that passkeys are non-human-readable secrets — stored somewhere on your device — that even you have very limited access to. 

OK, so what happens to those passkeys if your device is stolen?


More

Computing: Passwordless authentication gaining popularity, Computing research finds

Half of UK IT leaders polled say their organisation is now using passkeys. Passkeys are…

Read More →

Finextra: Deep Dive: Mastercard Verifiable Intent vs Visa Trusted Agent Protocol

Agentic commerce breaks a core assumption of online payments, that a human is directly clicking…

Read More →

The Defiant: Mastercard and Google Team Up to Build Trust for AI-Powered Shopping

Mastercard has unveiled Verifiable Intent, a new open, standards-based trust framework co-developed with Google, designed…

Read More →


Subscribe to the FIDO newsletter

Stay Connected, Stay Engaged

Receive the latest news, events, research and implementation guidance from the FIDO Alliance. Learn about digital identity and fast, phishing-resistant authentication with passkeys.