Imagine using your iPhone face ID or your Android phone’s fingerprint reader to open your Windows PC.  The big three companies: Apple, Google, and Microsoft made a new agreement together to adopt the use of new technology of portable digital identities created by the FIDO Alliance that will eventually make the use of passwords obsolete.

The way this works is by using a portable digital identity such as face ID, fingerprint scan, or other means that don’t require passwords.  This digital key is then converted and applicable across all your devices, accounts, payment methods, etc.

We do have similar, simpler ways to access a website from our devices such as a text code or some type of password-less verification entry, but we have never been able to use one device across all devices, across websites, or across accounts.

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All websites and platforms must be open to adding the support for FIDO Alliance authentication standard.  If not, users will need to enter their passwords as usual.

Portable digital identities are an amazing step towards a world with fewer hackers and but, in the meantime, it is still crucial to practice safe password protocols.

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