Big tech giant companies including Apple, Google, and even Microsoft announced almost two years ago that the companies will create a passwordless future for all, thus, dismissing the need for passwords for protection and making authentication more secure.
On the occasion of World Password Day, May 5, these tech giants encourage passwordless sign-ins in every device including mobiles, laptops, and browser platforms such as Chrome, Edge, and Safari browsers; and the Windows and macOS desktops in the coming year.
Google's Sampath Srinivas who is in charge of the secure authentication said the "passkey will bring us much closer to the passwordless future" as tech giants seek a "common passwordless sign-in standard".
This new standard for passwordless authentication is created by FIDO (Fast Identity Online) and the World Wide Web Consortium. Passwordless authentication will allow users to have access to their online accounts as usual but using a unique cryptographic token called a passkey will be quicker in the user's sign-in authentication and allow a person to log in without a password.
Apple Senior Director of platform product marketing Kurt Knight said, "Just as we design our products to be intuitive and capable, we also design them to be private and secure. Working with the industry to establish new, more secure sign-in methods that offer better protection and eliminate the vulnerabilities of passwords is central to our commitment to building products that offer maximum security and a transparent user experience — all with the goal of keeping users’ personal information safe.”
This new feature will allow apps and websites to offer easy passwordless sign-ins, and security to users across devices and platforms said apple.
Also, without password log-ins is expected to be a much safer way, considering that passwords are more prone to malicious activities. Plus, maintaining and remembering passwords is a difficult task for many.
Microsoft’s vice president for security, compliance, identity, and privacy, Vasu Jakkal, said that "With passkeys on your mobile device, you’re able to sign in to an app or service on nearly any device, regardless of the platform or browser the device is running. For example, users can sign in on a Google Chrome browser that’s running on Microsoft Windows—using a passkey on an Apple device.”
