The future will be password free. We don’t know exactly when, but big tech companies are starting to make their plans. You can already only sign in with alternative methods at Microsoft, and Google explains today What are you planning to do without a password?using the smartphone as the main tool to access apps, websites and device login.

Mobile as unlock key

In celebration of World Password Day, Google announced its plan to end them. Curious, to say the least. They point out that the intention to change the password system is not just a Google issue (Android and Chrome), Microsoft and Apple will do it with their operating systems and browsers. aim simplify login on any device.

It looks good on paper, but how is this big change being made? According to Google, when we want to login to a website or app, you will just have to unlock your mobilewithout requiring a password during operation.

The mobile phone will store a FIDO credential, which is an access key. will serve to unlock the entrance. According to Google, this key is based on public key encryption and can only be accessed when the user unlocks their phone.

“To log into a website from the computer, we will only need to have the phone in hand, as we will be asked to unlock it to access it. After doing this, we will no longer need the phone and simply unlock the computer and log in.” Google.

So if you want to log in to Chrome, it will be enough to put your finger on the fingerprint reader of your mobile phone to unlock it and thus automatically log into the browser. In case we lose or do not have access to the mobile phone, key can be restored from a cloud backup.

There’s no set date for this fix, but Google states that this FIDO key support is generally available between 2022 and 2023. We are talking about the very near future..