✒ Having worked on the technology for nearly a decade, the Fast Identity Online Alliance says on a white paper that their “FIDO credentials” are ready to be used which lets users log into online accounts using their faces, fingerprints and PIN codes straightaway.
While the password-less authentication mechanisms has already been built, users will have to adjust from what they know (entering passwords) to doing something that they don’t really connect with logging in, especially for privacy-minded users who may hesitate to use their faces and fingerprints to unlock everything.
As Merritt Maxim, vice president and research director at research firm Forrester Research Inc. said: “Passwords are ‘the cockroaches of the internet’ — irritating, hardy and worth taking the time to kill.