Category: webauthn

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 users can sign into Firefox and Edge with a security key

Post author By Randall
Post date March 30, 2019
Categories In chrome, edge, firefox, gear, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Security, security key, Tech, two-factor authentication, two-step authentication, two-step verification, web authentication, webauthn
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[ad_1] There’s just one gotcha: as the key registration process still relies on the older Universal Second Factor standard, you’ll have to use Chrome to add a key to your account. It’ll “take some time” before you can rely solely on a third-party browser, Google’s Christiaan Brand said. Still, that support is at least on […]

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. […]