INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
push to transition away from passwords and the costly security problems they have created for companies and their users.A key part of the
that Microsoft, Google, Apple, and a large roster of other companies are developing under the coordination of the FIDO Alliance.Going
forward, Microsoft will make passkeys the default means for new users to sign in
Existing users who have yet to enroll a passkey will be presented with a prompt to do so the next time they log in.The push to passkeys is
fueled by the tremendous costs associated with passwords
Creating and managing a sufficiently long, randomly generated password for each account is a burden on many users, a difficulty that often
leads to weak choices and reused passwords
Microsoft has made Authy, Google Authenticator, and similar apps incompatible, a choice that needlessly inconveniences users and undermines
With a password still associated with the account, many of the security benefits of passkeys are undermined.
