Testing passwords could be over in a year: Tech giants Google, Apple and Microsoft announced on Thursday an agreement to build a system to authenticate without having to memorize combinations of numbers , letters and symbols.
With the new feature, consumers will be able to authenticate websites and mobile apps easily, without a password and securely, regardless of device or operating system.summarizes the association FIDO Alliance (Fast Identity Online Alliance) in a press release.
Since 2012, it has brought together artisans from the technology sector to work on standard certification systems.
The goal, according to Google, is for Internet users to be able to log in to an online service simply by unlocking their smartphone (via their usual methods: fingerprint, facial recognition, multi-digit code, or whatever.
Actually, a website might ask the person if they are authenticates using FIDO credentials. This message will appear simultaneously on his phone, which the Internet user only needs to accept, by unlocking his screen, to connect to the site.
Smartphones will keep these coded identifiers, called pass key (access keys).
The three technology giants are focused on implementing this new system for 12 months, on Android and iOS (Google and Apple’s mobile operating systems), on Chrome, Edge and Safari (Google’s browsers, from Microsoft and Apple) and on Windows and macOS (Microsoft and Apple operating systems for computers).
A cybersecurity issue
Authentication using only passwords is one of the biggest security issues on the websaid Apple in its press release.
Unable to manage so many different passwords, individuals often use the same password, which facilitates account retrieval, data leakage and identity theft.
The new approach will protect users from phishing, and logging into a service will be more secure than passwords and other technologies such as one-time code sent via text.added the maker of the iPhone.
Three U.S. companies made their announcement on World Password Day on Thursday.
Alex Simons, vice president of Microsoft, mentioned in the FIDO Alliance press release a completely transition to a world without a password o consumers are accustomed to removing it every day.
Source: Radio-Canada
