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US tech titans look to ditch passwords

Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A person sits in front of a computer screen in Moers, Germany, 04 January 2019. Sascha Steinbach, EPA-EFE/Illustration/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/business/05/06/20220506-computer-laptop-epa.jpg"/><figcaption>A person sits in front of a computer screen in Moers, Germany, 04 January 2019. <em>Sascha Steinbach, EPA-EFE/Illustration/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Apple, Google and Microsoft said they are looking to get rid of passwords and replace them with a more secure way to access accounts or devices.</p><p>The US tech titans jointly announced support for a common standard that will let people sign in by unlocking their mobile phones, say, with fingerprint or face recognition.</p><p>&quot;The complete shift to a passwordless world will begin with consumers making it a natural part of their lives,&quot; said Microsoft vice president Alex Simons.</p><p>&quot;By working together as a community across platforms, we can at last achieve this vision and make significant progress toward eliminating passwords.&quot;</p><p>Reliance on passwords alone is decried as a major security flaw on the internet, with people keeping them overly simple or using the same one repeatedly to make it easier to manage many accounts.</p><p>Adopting standards created by the FIDO Alliance and the Word Wide Web Consortium will let websites and device makers build secure, passwordless options into their offerings, the groups said in a release.</p><p>Using secure keys instead of passwords would stymy phishing scams that trick people into disclosing log-in credentials and hackers that steal such data.</p><p>&quot;Today is an important milestone in the security journey to encourage built-in security best practices and help us move beyond passwords,&quot; US cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency director Jen Easterly said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/03/22/protect-your-passwords-online-heres-a-guide-from-google">Protect your passwords online, here&#x27;s a guide from Google</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/07/21/philippines-hone-upskill-cybersecurity-experts">Philippines urged to hone, upskill cybersecurity experts</a></li></ul><p>Support for password-free log-ins will be woven into Android and Chrome software over the course of the coming year, said Google product manager and FIDO Alliance president Sampath Srinivas.</p><p>Apple and Microsoft announced plans to do likewise with their software.</p><p>&quot;This will simplify sign-ins across devices, websites, and applications no matter the platform - without the need for a single password,&quot; Srinivas said in a blog post.</p><p>&quot;When you sign into a website or app on your phone, you will simply unlock your phone.&quot;</p><p>Mobile phones will store a FIDO credential referred to as a &quot;passkey&quot; that will be used to unlock online accounts, Srinivas explained.</p><p>&quot;To sign into a website on your computer, you’ll just need your phone nearby and you’ll simply be prompted to unlock it for access,&quot; Srinivas said.</p><p>Eliminating passwords was billed as more secure than two-factor authentication that involves getting one-time passcodes texted or emailed as secondary confirmation when logging into sites or services.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/21/21/cybercrime-up-as-criminals-professionalize-expert">Cybercrime up amid pandemic as cybercriminals ‘professionalize’: expert</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1868852" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Apple, Google and Microsoft said they are looking to get rid of passwords and replace them with a more secure way to access accounts or devices.