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There have been several attempts at reformation of passwords beginning with the utilization of Trusted Platform Module (TPM), two factor authentication which requires a password and a second code delivered trough an additional layer of communication owned by the password owner (usually a mobile number to receive a text message or voice call or an email address to receive the secret code via the users mailbox). This proposition has faced a lot of opposition mostly with argument on the unreliability of the message delivery pointing to a non existence of full proof delivery for a reliable authentication. In the midst of these conversation, an alliance was formed to be known as the FIDO Alliance. Since the article; WebAuthn now official standard<\/a> FIDO has made more lauunches on to consumer platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the FIDO Alliance <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The FIDO (F<\/strong>ast ID<\/strong>entity O<\/strong>nline) Alliance is an open industry association launched in February 2013 whose stated mission is to develop and promote authentication standards that “help reduce the world\u2019s over-reliance on passwords”. FIDO addresses the lack of interoperability among devices that use strong authentication and reduces the problems users face with creating and remembering multiple usernames and passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The alliance started off in 2009 when Validity Sensors (a fingerprint sensor solutions for authentication, mobile payment and touch-based navigation systems provider) and PayPal (a multinational financial technology company operating in online payments) discussed using biometrics for identification of online users instead of passwords. The meeting inspired the idea to work on an industry standard designed around public key cryptography, enabling a passwordless log-in backed purely by local authentication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About three years later on July 2012, The FIDO Alliance was founded by PayPal, Lenovo, Nok Nok Labs, Validity Sensors, Infineon, and Agnitio, and work on a passwordless authentication protocol began. The alliance became official on February 2013 when the alliance was made public. A month later on April 2013 \u2013 Google<\/a> , Yubico<\/a> and NXP<\/a> joined the Alliance and brought with them the idea of an open, second factor authentication protocol. Such second\u00ad-factor devices were successfully deployed to Google employees as a precursor to publicly publishing the second-\u00adfactor protocol. By July 2020, Apple and Microsoft ad among others joined the alliance.<\/p>

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The technical perspective<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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