Last October, we saw how Google started supporting “passkeys” in Chrome and Android, a FIDO Alliance standard supported by Google, Apple, and Microsoft that promises to end the password hell. Now, after two months of testing, ‘passkeys’ reach all users.
And they do it through the stable version of Chrome 108 which during these days began to reach the whole world. The ‘passkeys’ or access keys will allow us to register and log in the same way we unlock our device.
Passkeys are coming to Chrome for Android
From now on we will start finding websites that will allow us to create “passwords” to identify ourselves, and the process will be very simple. Chrome will ask us to identify ourselves using our pattern, PIN or biometric authentication such as fingerprint to generate an encrypted key that is much more secure than current passwords and other security factors. ‘authentication.
These ‘passwords’ will be synchronized or will sync securely via Google Password Manager between all our Android devices. Access keys are local, they are stored on our devices, so they cannot be disclosed. When connecting, only a securely generated code that verifies our identity is exchanged with the site.
Chrome for Windows 11 and MacOS also adds support for “passkeys”, and we can use our mobile as an access key. If our “passkey” is on the mobile, we will have to read the QR code that our PC will display to connect. Being a standard, security keys work on Android, Windows, MacOS and iOS.
Now it’s only a matter of time before ‘Passkeys’ will also reach apps and little by little developers and websites are supporting this safer way of identifying us.
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