
Whether you're using Windows, Linux or macOS, all of the major browsers offer full support for webauthn out of the box. Similarly the support for USB and NFC based keys is now very good. Other vendors, such as Feitian, the open source-centric Nitrokey and Google Titan have also joined in on providing webauthn compatible hardware keys. Yubico now offers a wide range of keys with different connectivity. I created this suggestion over a year ago, and since then market for physical FIDO2 compatible security keys has matured considerably. If you crash in it, you're at fault for having bad driving habits.
It's been there first, so let's not change anything. When it comes to internet services, It's as if there was an oak in the middle of the road. ) and webmails could check these signatures. On the other side, everyone complains about passwords requirements IT guys keep blaming users for phishing, even if better technologies exist to log in (like the ones mentioned above), emails could be signed (with GPG, DKIM. And these services became ubiquitous.Īlso, I didn't live in that period, but I've never seen elderly people or pre-millenials complain about how hard or unsafe it is to use a SIM card or an EMV Debit card. Here is what I bought as a cheap RPI terminal (a Minitel featuring a chip card reader):īanks and France Telecom were successful at teaching the 1990s society how to use them.
pre-internet Minitels (you could authenticate yourself on remote services, record contacts, and pay with your actual debit card, on later versions). Banking (at shops and ATMs - chip and PIN was introduced in 1995). The update also brings support for external authenticators, where applicable.Īuthentication with tokens has been available in countries like France since the 1990s, for popular services like : This means that many many devices fingerprint sensors can soon be used for Webauthn authentication. Google with the FIDO alliance recently announced that Android upwards from 7.0 will become 'FIDO Certified' through a Play Services update. It also seems that Touch ID and Face ID can be used with Webauthn on Apple devices. As the market develops, the higher assurance provided by webauthn can be utilised in more depth. The obvious way to implement webauthn in Discord would be by allowing users to add their tokens as a second authentication factor.Ĭurrently there are only a few FIDO2 authenticators on the market, including the Yubico Security Key and the Yubikey 5 Series. Please add support for FIDO2 authenticators for use with two factor authentication. The new FIDO2 standard alongside other hardware backed authenticators are replacing the old FIDO U2F that only had bindings in Google Chrome, promising great interoperability. Webauthn is soon here, and with it comes a passwordless future.