{"id":7078,"date":"2014-12-11T12:33:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T17:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=7078"},"modified":"2014-12-11T12:33:17","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T17:33:17","slug":"fido-the-protocol-behind-googles-security-key-expected-to-lead-the-anti-password-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2014\/12\/11\/fido-the-protocol-behind-googles-security-key-expected-to-lead-the-anti-password-push\/","title":{"rendered":"FIDO, the protocol behind Google’s Security Key, expected to lead the anti-password push"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fast Identification Online, or FIDO for short, is the key protocol behind the Google Security Key USB drive announced in October. That device was part of a two-factor authentication system that assisted in verifying an identity when logging into Gmail, Chrome or any other Google account.<\/p>\n

The group responsible for FIDO has now released version 1.0 of the open standard which means we\u2019ll be seeing a lot more devices utilize it in the coming months.<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s Security Key was just one example of FIDO in action. Samsung\u2019s fingerprint reader also used the technology to let users log directly into the native PayPal app (after all, both Samsung and PayPal were early FIDO partners).<\/p>\n

As The Verge points out, this isn\u2019t the first version of FIDO but it is the most efficient and stable. There\u2019s no shortage of big-name companies that are signed on including Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Visa and Bank of America, just to name a few.<\/p>\n

Because it\u2019ll be a lot easier to implement, we can probably expect to see a flood of new phones and authenticator devices hit the market in the near future. And given the timing of recent hacks involving Target and Sony, it probably won\u2019t be too hard to convince the industry to move away from the ill-fated passwords we rely on today.<\/p>\n

FIDO Alliance president Michael Barrett said they now are really within range of seeing the world changing and that\u2019s the exciting part.<\/p>\n

via FIDO, the protocol behind Google’s Security Key, expected to lead the anti-password push – TechSpot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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