- THEidentification keysare tested by WhatsApp on Android
- These could soon be coming to iOS
- THEidentification keysare more secure than passwords, and are used to log in to apps
WhatsApp plans to integrateidentification keyson its mobile app. This technology, implemented by Apple and Google, avoids having to remember passwords and instead offers authentication using biometric unlocking. Depending on your device, this can be done via Face ID (face recognition) or via Touch ID (fingerprint sensor).
However, we do not yet know when this solution will be available on iPhone, because once again it is Android beta users who are entitled to a preview. On the other hand, it is common to say that WhatsApp offers its updates on iOS after they have been approved on Alphabet's competing operating system.
THEidentification keysare available on other apps
Today, theidentification keysare only in their infancy. The description given by different publishers such as Apple andGoogleis currently difficult to understand for the general public, so much so that many continue to use their traditional password manager to connect to their daily services.
Despite everything, theidentification keysare already offered with many consumer apps, some of which our readers may already use. This is for example the case for Adobe software, favored among other things for the editing and editing of photos, for the development of websites or even for the creation of videos for social networks. Best Buy, the American store, has also integrated the novelty, as has the Boursorama bank in France.
Enableidentification keyson iPhone
The procedure for activating your firstidentification keysoniPhoneis quite simple. In fact, it is up to the developers of third-party apps to offer it natively when registering or logging into their platform. If you are already identified, then in this case the setting associated withidentification keyswill probably end up in the service settings.
THEidentification keysare optional.
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