Google announces End of Passwords on Android and Chrome

Apple, Microsoft and Google all have one thing in common: they are determined to do away with passwords in favor of another authentication method. That is, FIDO security keys.

This authentication method is based on public key cryptography and “is only shown in your account when you unlock your smartphone”, explained Google last May in its article dedicated to the disappearance of Passwords in Android and Chromium.

If you use an Android smartphone, it will be much easier to authenticate to your different accounts and services. Through this procedure, Android and Chrome will be responsible for proposing the creation of a password for the website in question. All that’s left is to confirm the account information before using the authentication mechanism of your choice (PIN code, facial recognition, fingerprint, etc.).

Once this is done, an encrypted public key, which contains all this information, is generated and transmitted to the service provider.This allows that during your next calls, the system will directly invite you to use the password created earlier to authenticate yourself.

Also note that if you want to connect to a website from your tablet or laptop using a password generated on your phone, it is possible: just scan the QR Code of the password and that’s it. Here, the stated goal is to allow the use of passkeys on multiple platforms: Windows, macOS, ChromeOS, Android and iOS.

To do this, we must remember that Google worked side by side with the FIDO Alliance and the W3C without forgetting Apple and Microsoft. As Google clarified, access passwords will be available to all Android and Chrome users next November.

Google announces End of Passwords on Android and Chrome

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