Category: fido2

Safari will use Face ID and Touch ID for ‘frictionless’ web sign-ins

Post author By Randall
Post date June 25, 2020
Categories In browser, face id, fido alliance, fido2, gear, Internet, ios, ios 14, ipados, ipados 14, macos, macos big sur, News, safari, Tech, touch id, web, webauthn, wwdc2020

[ad_1] The Face ID and Touch ID features on Apple devices will soon be much more useful on the web. As TechCrunch reports, Apple has outlined how Safari 14 for iOS, iPadOS and macOS will allow using those biometric authentication methods for “frictionless” sign-ins on websites. You may not have to enter your username and […]

Google open-sources the tools needed to make 2FA security keys

Post author By Randall
Post date January 31, 2020
Categories In fido, fido2, gear, Google, Internet, Mobile, nordic, open source, opensk, personal computing, personalcomputing, Security, security key, services, Tech

[ad_1] The initiative, called OpenSK, uses Rust-based firmware to essentially turn Nordic chip dongles into a FIDO U2F and FIDO2-compliant security key. Google has also published a source code for users to 3D print a physical case for the dongle, so their security keys look and can be used like standard keys. In a blog […]

Apple may offer tighter iOS parental controls this week

Post author By Randall
Post date December 8, 2019
Categories In Apple, fido, fido2, gear, ios, ios 13, ios 13.3, Ipad, Iphone, memoji, Mobile, parental controls, screen time, security key, Tech

[ad_1] Apple’s flurry of iOS updates might include one more substantial tweak before the holiday break. Vietnamese carrier Viettel has posted a page that hints at a release for iOS 13.3 (plus a minor watchOS 6.1.1 update) this coming week, most likely on or before December 11th. The new software could represent a big deal […]

The web just got an official password-free login standard

Post author By Randall
Post date March 4, 2019
Categories In Android, Apple, authentication, biometric, biometrics, chrome, edge, fido2, fidoalliance, firefox, gear, Google, Internet, login, Microsoft, safari, Security, sign-in, Tech, w3c, webauthentication, webauthn
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[ad_1] The technology links unique encrypted login details to each website, reducing the risks of phishing, keystroke logging and other attacks that watch for your input. It’s also theoretically more private when those same unique site credentials prevent across-the-web tracking. You don’t really have to wait for the software you use to support Web Authentication. […]