Chrome will start Supporting New Password-Free Logins

In the coming months, Chrome and other key web browsers will benefit from support for a new method of connecting to websites that do not require a password.


The new standard aims to remove current users based on password systems, allowing users to be open to attacks and other forms of misuse of stolen access phishing.

Announced today in a press release (April 10) by the Alliance FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the new Web-standard authentication (WebAuthn) allows users to switch to biometric session or review via a debut USB stick.

The press release states that "Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have committed to support the standard in their headlight browser WebAuthn and began implementing it for Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS and Android platforms." WebAuthn is currently in the validation phase, the W3C approval is pending.
A development status page for WebAuthn Chrome shows that it is programmed to be enabled by default in the version 67, two main versions of the current version 65. The standard is already compatible with Firefox and Edge will continue to come in the coming months, according to The Verge.

The connection via USB security key is already widely compatible with products like the Yubikey from big sites like Facebook, Google, and Bank of America.

"While there are many security issues on the Internet, and that we can not resolve them all, trust in passwords is one of the weakest links," said W3C CEO Jeff Jaffe. "With WebAuthn's multifactorial solutions, we eliminate this weak link."