With Microsoft and Apple taking the step in the last few years, Google announced its plan to kill passwords online last week, with something called Passkeys. Last week, Google announced a new feature called Passkeys, which will allow users to log on to their Google accounts using secondary means, such as biometrics, USB keys and more. Google is allowing users to tag their Gmail password to a physical authentication device, like a USB key, or biometric authentication on their Android or iOS-powered device. Although Google, Apple and Microsoft can eliminate the need to type in passwords on a daily basis, the passwords to your Gmail, Apple or Microsoft account still act as the master passwords, and stealing this could grant access to all your other passwords. It’s much tougher for hackers to compromise Google, Apple or Microsoft.

Source: Mint May 08, 2023 05:40 UTC