Since ancient times, passwords have been used to access different applications and services. And while methods like two-factor authentication (2FA) increase their security, many players in this industry they want to say goodbye. 1Password is one of them, although this move is presented as something against its name.

Password manager, one of the best known, will offer a password-free experience. In addition to allowing the creation, management and use of so-called Passkeys, users will also be able to access their vaults with this new authentication system. “The passkey is the passthrough,” says the company, which is committed to this alternative.

A positive development for security

Forcing passwords to discard and replacing them with Passwords is driven in part by an increasing number of security issues that put users at risk. since their attacks phishing even data breaches. If a password falls into the wrong hands, it can cause more than headaches, data loss, and money loss.

Given this scenario, Apple, Google or Microsoft and other companies formed the FIDO Alliance to develop and support more secure authentication standards. That’s where Passkeys come in, based on WebAuthn encryption keys and protected by biometrics and hardware-level security.

We are talking about digital identity information that is stored in devices and can be used via biometric data. Nothing to memorize or write. As we can see, it is a very promising solution, but its distribution is taking its first steps and for now few services and applications are compatible.

Among them we find eBay, Microsoft, PayPal, Nvidia and Shopify, but there are many more to join the list. As we said 1Password will be one of them. Password manager (also access keys) will adopt authentication with Passwords “this summer”. We’ll have to wait to find out how fast the industry is running out to adopt this solution.

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