Apple, Google, and Microsoft Join Forces to Move Toward Passwordless Sign-in Technology

Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced their joint efforts to provide support for passwordless sign-in technology.

The three companies will collaborate to build passwordless support for all of their mobile, desktop, and browser platforms later this year, they announced in a joint press release on Thursday. While the companies have previously incorporated two-factor authentication to maintain security, this update would remove the password entirely and allow users to log in to most accounts with the push of a button.

“Just as we design our products to be intuitive and capable, we also design them to be private and secure,” said Kurt Knight, Apple’s senior director of platform product marketing. “Working with the industry to establish new, more secure sign-in methods that offer better protection and eliminate the vulnerabilities of passwords is central to our commitment to building products that offer maximum security and a transparent user experience — all with the goal of keeping users’ personal information safe.”

This new process would allow users to authenticate their login attempts with their phones, according to a Thursday Google blog post. Mobile devices would store FIDO credentials, or passkeys, which users employ to unlock linked online accounts.

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SOURCE: Washington Examiner, Christopher Hutton