It is curious how today, World Password Day, some technology companies show on this day their progress towards a closer future in which we will stop using them on their respective platforms, hoping that this milestone will finally occur as soon as at any time in the next year.
Users have already been encouraged in recent years by companies like Google, to which we are heading Towards a password-free internet futurewhere passwords will almost completely disappear.
In this regard, Apple, Google, and Microsoft are jointly committed to expanding compatibility with FIDO standards so that from next year you can log in to applications and web services without using passwords.
The Internet without a password is closer
These three technological giants understand that the unique use of passwords is insecure, in addition to the hassle of having to manage a multitude of passwords, opting for the bad habit of using the same ones in all services. of the Internet in which they register, with the risks that this entails.
Two-factor authentication and the use of password managers add greater security to logins, but it is not enough, so Recent efforts have focused on new passwordless login standards developed by technology companies and service providers in collaboration with the FIDO Alliance and W3C.
Google notes that they will implement them on Chrome, ChromeOS and Android, while Apple and Microsoft will also do the same on their respective platforms in the course of next year.
Regarding its operation, they explain that:
When you log in to a website or an application from your mobile, you will simply have to unlock the device, without needing a password.
To do this, the mobile will store a FIDO credential called “passkey” that will serve to unlock the account. This access key will make the login much more secure as it is based on public key cryptography and will only show up in the user’s internet account when they unlock their phone
And on desktop computers it will be necessary to have the mobile at hand to enable unlocking.
The backup copies in the cloud will be essential to be able to recover the keys in case of loss of the mobiles to be able to have them in the new mobile devices.
More details: Google
