Explore if facial recognition meets the criteria to be classified as a passkey. Understand the security, usability, and standards implications for passwordless authentication.

Passkeys are on a course to replace most passwords. Using passkeys involves a delicate balance of multiple technologies. The "authenticator" is one of those, and it comes in multiple types. In ZDNET's ...

Your Mac holds a lot more than just files. It carries your personal information, payment data, messages and every online account you access. Keeping that information ...

Microsoft announced that passwordless authentication is now easier on Windows 11 through native support for third-party passkey managers, the first ones supported being 1Password and Bitwarden. This ...

The WhatsApp passkey update is more than just a new feature; it’s a significant step towards modernising online privacy. By tying access to physical devices rather than passwords, WhatsApp makes it ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The use of passkeys for WhatsApp is not news. After all, the ...

WhatsApp is adding a new way to access your encrypted backups with passkey support. This means if you lose your device, you can use methods like fingerprint, face, or the screen lock code of your ...

In the beginning, WhatsApp users could not protect their chat backups with encryption—while all communications were encrypted end-to-end, backups weren't afforded the same protection. Since 2021, ...

Passkey Index provides a composite view of passkey utilization and business impact data from leading online service providers The FIDO Alliance today launched the Passkey Index, revealing significant ...

As I’ve said before, passwords suck. Microsoft agrees—last year, it announced a goal of getting one billion users to embrace passkeys instead. As part of that effort, setting up a passkey for a ...

Microsoft began rolling out passkey support to its consumer accounts in May 2024, allowing users to sign in with their face, fingerprint, or device pin as an alternative to a password. In May of this ...

Passkeys offer a way of confirming you are who you say you are without remembering a long, complicated password, and in a manner that's resistant to common attacks on passwords like phishing and ...