Chrome without passwords? Google announced today that you'll be able to use your fingerprint sensor to sign in to some of its services when usesτε το Chrome για Android.
The company has announced that this feature will be available to all users of Pixel devices today and that it will be released to anyone using Android 7 (or some larger version) in the coming days.
At the moment, you can try this feature at passwords.google.com. You will be able to view and edit your passwords.
The company said it will soon allow more Google and Google cloud services to use this authentication method.
The company also reported that this feature was manufactured using FIDO2, W3C WebAuthn and FIDO CTAP service standards. This makes the new feature safer than using the native biometric APIs used on Android.
Google said that if you use FIDO2, you can use the same verification method on both the web and application.
Using this method, you will not have to enter a password every time you need to log in to a service, so you can "survive" from "phishing" attacks.
FIDO2 remembers the credentials of a particular devices, and authentication takes place locally on your device, minimizing the risk of your data being leaked
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