Today-May 4
Tired of trying to remember dozens of passwords and having to reset them? Google on Wednesday (May 3) rolled out passkeys to all account users. Passkeys let users sign in to apps and websites the same way they unlock their devices: With a fingerprint, face scan or screen lock PIN. Calling it a “major step towards a passwordless future”, Google said in a blog post that passkeys are the “easiest and most secure way” to sign in to apps and websites. Support for passkeys will be rolled out across Google Accounts on all major platforms, it added. These passkeys will be an additional option that people can use to sign in, alongside passwords and two-step verification.
Passkeys are more secure than passwords and are resistant to online attacks such as phishing, added the blog post. Services like Docusign, Kayak, PayPal, Shopify, and Yahoo! Japan have already integrated passkeys to simplify the sign-in process for their users. Professor Zhou Jianying, co-centre director for iTrust at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), said using passkeys will reduce users’ burden to remember various passwords for different accounts while making authentication secure.
“However, this is based on the assumption that passkeys are securely stored. If your device can be easily hacked, then your passkey will be compromised,” he added.
Associate Professor Chang Ee-Chien, from the National University of Singapore’s School of Computing, said that because a passkey is stored on the user’s mobile device, it will be very difficult for attackers to steal it remotely. Read more at: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/google-rolls-out-passkeys-account-users-takes-major-step-towards-end-passwords-2164361
