The industry organization FIDO Alliance has published a draft with a new set of specifications to facilitate the export of Passkeys between different providers. It is an essential feature to promote its use.
Passwords are obnoxious in terms of usability and insecure if not managed correctly. But boy, there’s no way to get rid of them… Or yes, but there is still time for the mass adoption of alternatives. Las Passkeys (access keys) offer a more secure and convenient alternative to passwords, allowing you to use personal identification numbers (PINs) or biometric authentication such as fingerprints or facial recognition to log in to websites and applications.
More facilities to use Passkeys
The FIDO Alliance is working to make access keys and other credentials easier to export between different providers, improving interoperability between the Credential Providers Special Interest Group (SIG) of which key industry players who are driving them are part: 1Password, Apple, Bitwarden, Dashlane, Enpass, Google, Microsoft, NordPass, Okta, Samsung and SK Telecom.
It is secure credential exchange It is a top priority as the organization recognizes, because it can help accelerate passcode adoption and improve user experience. Passkeys are essentially locked in the operating system or password management service, making it impossible to transfer them when changing platforms and therefore requiring users to create new access keys per device.
The proposed new specification aims to address this gap with the Credential Exchange Protocol (CXP) and Credential Exchange Format (CXF). “They define a standard format for transferring credentials in a credential manager, including passwords, access keys, and more to another provider securely by default.”they explain.
At the time of the announcement of the new FIDO protocol, Amazon has communicated that more than 175 million of its clients have enabled Passkeys on their accounts, almost a year after the initial launch.
It must be insisted that the use of access codes significantly reduces the risk of data breachessince they provide protection against phishing attacks, preventing theft and unauthorized access. They work with unique codes linked to specific devices, a great advantage since unlike passwords that are stored on servers (and therefore can be hacked or intercepted), access keys are stored locally on the devices. Use them whenever they are available!
Source: www.muycomputer.com
