For several years now, Google has been laying the groundwork for abandoning password identification. The Mountain View company was already talking about this issue in 2019. At a time when phishing campaigns and online scams are on the rise, for Google, passwords pose a huge risk to user security. To this we must also add the bad habits of users, such as adopting a weak password for all their accounts.
Every year we rank the worst passwords in France, and it’s not uncommon to find “123456” or “Azerty” on the podium. In the eyes of the web giant, there’s only one way to truly solve password security problems: get rid of passwords.
Google details plan to remove passwords
On the occasion of World Password Day on Thursday, May 5, Google made an important announcement. In fact, the company plans to implement Support for passwordless sign-in via FIDO Sign-in standards on Android and Google Chrome. A project in which Apple and Microsoft participated.
How will this work? To summarize, instead of asking you for a password, your smartphone will store a FIDO ID It is called “Password Key”. This method “public key encryption and is only shown to your online account when you unlock your smartphone”. In other words, if you want to connect to an account from your computer, for example, you just have your phone handy to verify access.
As Google points out, don’t panic if your smartphone is lost or stolen. All access keys will be synchronized in the manufacturer’s secure cloudso you can get them on your new device. “This will simplify logging in across devices, websites and apps, regardless of platform, without the need for a single password. reassures Google. According to the company, This feature will be available in 2023.
Source : Google
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