In turn, Microsoft adopts login without passwords

Today, most people still use passwords to log into their favorite apps and services. However, there is already a new standard, called passkey, which allows you to register and identify yourself on these online services without having to remember a password:les passkeys.

Microsoft apps will be compatible with passkeys

This is a new standard, already adopted by the main mobile and computer platforms, which replaces passwords with a cryptographic key system. The user, to authenticate, simply needs to prove that they are in possession of a private key on their device, using a fingerprint scanner, facial recognition, their PIN code, etc.

And the good news is that like many other digital players, Microsoft is all about passports.Recently, it announced the adoption of this new technology toMicrosoft account login, saving users from having to enter a password each time.

You can sign in to Microsoft products without entering a password

In its announcement, Microsoft shared alienwhere users can go to activate connection without passwords, via passkeys. The link must be opened on the device on which you want to enjoy passwordless login.

Once the configuration is done, following the steps indicated, it becomes possible to choose the option without password, when connecting to the Microsoft account.

According to the Redmond firm,it is already possible to use this connection method without passwords on Microsoft applications and websites, including Microsoft 365 on a computer or mobile browser. And in the coming weeks,it will also be possible to connect without passwords to the Redmond firm's mobile applications.

A necessity

In any case, for Microsoft the adoption of this method to authenticate users was a necessity.“In 2015, when we introduced Windows Hello and Windows Hello for Business as secure ways to access Windows 10 without entering a password, our identity systems detected approximately 115 password attacks per second. a decade later, that number jumped 3,378% to more than 4,000 password attacks per second”, writes the firm. And if this type of attack continues to be used, it is because it produces results. “It is unfortunately clear that passwords are not enough to protect our online lives,” admits Microsoft.

Otherwise, recently, Google shared figures on the progress of passeskeys in its ecosystem. Since support for Passkeys launched in 2022, this passwordless sign-in has been used over a billion times by over 400 million Google accounts.