Password-Free Verification Explained by Google, Apple, and Microsoft

Three of the world’s largest technology companies Google, Apple and Microsoftpublished a joint statement today, informing the whole world about a subject. The three giants announced that they have agreed to provide support that will allow you to enter your accounts without password on all mobile, desktop and browsers.

With this explanation, Android to iOS phones, Chrome to Safari and Edge browser, and Windows to macOS operating system all devices and platformsin the not-too-distant future passwordless authentication method will meet. Three giant companies will work together to implement this method into our lives.

How will we enter our accounts when the passwords are removed?

Password-free login has already started to become widespread nowadays. With this method, users can access applications, websites and other digital services. cell phones as a verification method. In this way, when they are going to take any action that requires verification, they by fingerprint, PIN or pattern they can log into their accounts.

The disappearance of passwords brings a little effort for users, on the other hand. removes the responsibility of remembering all passwords. However, such as leaking information by obtaining passwords, security problems also largely disappears.

It will be a great advantage if three companies establish a partnership in this regard. Thanks to this collaboration, for example, a user who wants to log in to his account from the Google Chrome browser in the Microsoft Windows operating system will be able to complete the verification request on his Apple iPhone.

Apple, Google and Microsoft announced that the new verification method is available on all platforms. in the next year announced that they expect it to be available. For a completely password-free future, no roadmap has been shared at the moment.

• According to today’s data, every data leak on the internet, 80% of it happens due to the hacking of passwords (FIDO).