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Monday, May 09, 2022

Yes to a Passkey Standard

Yes, need easy to use, clear, very secure and broadly available. Have now worked some of the methods from the major players.  Work well, but not well enough together.   Make it happen.

 Apple, Google, Microsoft Want to Kill the Password with 'Passkey' Standard

Ars Technica, Ron Amadeo, May 5, 2022

Members of the FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance announced in a blog post on “World Password Day” (the first Thursday in May) that Apple, Google, and Microsoft are launching a "joint effort" to "expand support for a common password-less sign-in standard created by the FIDO Alliance and the World Wide Web Consortium." The multi-device FIDO credential or passkey would have applications or websites validate the user's login by pushing authentication requests to their phone; the user would unlock the phone, and authenticate with a personal identification number or biometric. The new scheme operates over Bluetooth, which the FIDO Alliance said is needed "to verify physical proximity." The Alliance said it expects these capabilities to be available across Apple, Google, and Microsoft platforms “over the course of the coming year."  ...' 

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