Google will add Passwordless Authentication to Android and Google Chrome

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Google announced today plans support for passwordless logins on Android and Chrome browsers to enable users to log in from different platforms and devices.

“This will simplify sign-ins across devices, websites, and applications no matter the platform – without the need for a single password,” Google said.

Apple and Microsoft are also expected to extend the support to iOS, macOS, and Windows operating systems as well as Safari and Edge browsers.

The new Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) sign-in system does away with passwords entirely in favor of displaying a prompt asking a user to unlock the phone when signing into a website or an application.

This is made possible by storing a cryptographically secured FIDO credential called a passkey on the phone that’s used to log in to the online account after unlocking the device.

” Once you have done that, your phone will no longer be needed and you can log-in to your account by unlocking your computer,” Google stated.

” Even if your phone is lost, the passkeys from your cloud backup will sync securely to your new device, so you can pick up where you left off. “

In a way, the method can be viewed as an extension of its own Google prompts for logging into accounts secured with two-factor authentication (aka 2-Step Verification).

The development comes as code hosting platform GitHub announced that it will “require all users who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023” to prevent account takeover attacks.

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