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article A password sign is seen on a keyboard. (Photo by Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Remembering dozens upon dozens of passwords could soon be a thing of the past.  Three major tech companies last week announced plans to support a passwordless sign-in standard across tech devices.  Apple, Google and Microsoft said a new, faster and more secure sign-in method is expected to be available across major tech platforms over the course of the coming year.  The… Source link

(NewsNation) — Apple, Google and Microsoft announced plans on Thursday to eliminate passwords and replace them with other secure sign-in methods. The announcement came just before World Password Day, which is recognized annually on the first Thursday of May. It highlights the use of safe password habits, but some major tech companies say password-only authentication is of the biggest security problems on the web. “Fundamentally, what we’re doing is letting you use your… Source link

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We’ve been promised the end of password-based logins on the internet for a very long time, but now it seems that promise may finally be fulfilled. The FIDO Alliance, an industry group aimed at standardizing authentication methods online, announced that its passwordless sign-on method has received support from the big browser builders: Apple, Microsoft, and Google. That means that later this year you will be able to sign in to your various web accounts across the internet without using a… Source link

The Apple versus Facebook battle is well documented, but the power struggle between the iPhone maker and Google is now gaining pace. Google’s Android has always fallen behind Apple’s iOS in the privacy stakes. It’s not a surprise, since Google’s business model is based on advertising. But Google is now trying to take on Apple in privacy by finally adding features it announced last year into the Play Store via a new safety section that details the data apps collect—much like… Source link

Tony Fadell is one of the most important figures in Apple’s (AAPL) history. As the creator of the iPod, he helped turn the struggling company’s fortunes around. And as the co-creator of the iPhone, he can take (at least some) credit for Apple becoming a company with a market cap of more than $2.5 trillion. But Fadell wasn’t sure he wanted to join up with Apple when he pitched the idea for the iPod. “Apple was a very, very different company back then,” Fadell told Yahoo Finance. “A… Source link

On May 5th — World Password Day — we might have come one step closer to passwords being a thing of the past. In a joint effort, tech giants Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced Thursday morning that they have committed to building support for passwordless sign-in across all of the mobile, desktop, and browser platforms that they control in the coming year. Effectively, this means that passwordless authentication will come to all major device platforms in the not too distant future:… Source link

May 5, 2022 PRESS RELEASE Apple, Google, and Microsoft commit to expanded support for FIDO standard to accelerate availability of passwordless sign‑ins Faster, easier, and more secure sign‑ins will be available to consumers across leading devices and platforms Mountain View, California In a joint effort to make the web more secure and usable for all, Apple, Google, and Microsoft today announced plans to expand support for a common passwordless sign-in standard created by the… Source link

U.S. stock futures opened sharply lower Thursday evening to give back gains after a regular-session rally, with a fresh set of mixed quarterly results from some major technology companies weighing on index futures. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow and Nasdaq each declined. Shares of tech juggernaut Amazon slid in late trading after the company unexpectedly posted a quarterly loss and offered a weaker-than-expected current-quarter forecast. Apple’s stock also declined even after the iPhone-maker… Source link

The battle between Apple (AAPL) and Facebook parent Meta (FB) continues to heat up, as the iPhone maker released a new report on Tuesday it says refutes accusations that it profits handsomely from iOS privacy changes last year that have hamstrung Meta’s advertising business. The report, which was funded by Apple and performed by Columbia Business School professor Kinshuk Jerath, is meant to show that while Meta estimates Apple’s App Tracking Transparency technology will cost its ad… Source link