Google and Fast Identity Online Alliance have launched the FIDO2 certification for Android at Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. This means that Android devices simply use fingerprints or security keys as passwords.
As reported on the Cnet page, this security key can be run on Android versions 7 and higher, most of which are on the market. Actually, the fingerprint facility for security locks as passwords is already available in several applications on Android, especially for banking and other financial services. This change opens a security feature for Android that allows to log in without a password on the browser and operating system mobile applications.
Previous passwords were created in the digital world to allow access to accounts that manage finance, social life and more. The problem is, passwords are very vulnerable to hacking and are used for irresponsible things.
Passwords are even more ineffective if used for many accounts. A sophisticated computer can now easily track complicated passwords even within hours by entering every possible combination.
That is why the security industry is now busy starting to want to leave passwords because fingerprints are considered far more difficult to hack online. With the FIDO2 standard, the fingerprint security key is also protected from phishing attacks.
"With this news from Google, the number of users with FIDO authentication capabilities has grown dramatically and surely," Brett McDowell, executive director of the FIDO Alliance, said in a statement.
Now according to him, it is time for website developers to free users from the risks and complexity of passwords and integrate with FIDO authentication. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox, including those already integrated with the FIDO2 standard.
Security standards check when a user enters to make sure it is an original page and not a fake site designed to deceive users. Hackers often fake pages when Google shows some fake support pages that look identical to the original.
In a 2016 survey from TeleSign, security companies found that 72 percent of companies plan to stop using passwords in the next 10 years and will switch to biometrics and two-factor authentication. It also became Google's vision, which created its own security key in July, so experts also believe that fingerprints are the most appropriate substitute for passwords.
As reported on the Cnet page, this security key can be run on Android versions 7 and higher, most of which are on the market. Actually, the fingerprint facility for security locks as passwords is already available in several applications on Android, especially for banking and other financial services. This change opens a security feature for Android that allows to log in without a password on the browser and operating system mobile applications.
Previous passwords were created in the digital world to allow access to accounts that manage finance, social life and more. The problem is, passwords are very vulnerable to hacking and are used for irresponsible things.
Passwords are even more ineffective if used for many accounts. A sophisticated computer can now easily track complicated passwords even within hours by entering every possible combination.
That is why the security industry is now busy starting to want to leave passwords because fingerprints are considered far more difficult to hack online. With the FIDO2 standard, the fingerprint security key is also protected from phishing attacks.
"With this news from Google, the number of users with FIDO authentication capabilities has grown dramatically and surely," Brett McDowell, executive director of the FIDO Alliance, said in a statement.
Now according to him, it is time for website developers to free users from the risks and complexity of passwords and integrate with FIDO authentication. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox, including those already integrated with the FIDO2 standard.
Security standards check when a user enters to make sure it is an original page and not a fake site designed to deceive users. Hackers often fake pages when Google shows some fake support pages that look identical to the original.
In a 2016 survey from TeleSign, security companies found that 72 percent of companies plan to stop using passwords in the next 10 years and will switch to biometrics and two-factor authentication. It also became Google's vision, which created its own security key in July, so experts also believe that fingerprints are the most appropriate substitute for passwords.
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