Yesterday Apple had its September event where all the new toys were revealed, including iOS 16 – which will be on the new devices announced and available as an upgrade for iPhones going back to 2017. The new iOS and MacOS will both support passkey security rather than passwords.
Apple Kills Passwords in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura | WIRED UK
This is another step in Apple, Microsoft and Google’s commitment to work towards the FIDO standard of passwordlessness (I think I have invented that word but it works). I opted in with the Microsoft “no password” systems as soon as I could and will do the same with the Apple system as soon as I update to iOS 16.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Further Reading
FIDO – the new word in identity authentication UPDATED 11 May 2022 – Smart Thinking Solutions
