Web Authentication should give a great excuse to forget our passwords. Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla have shown interest in the project. WebAuthn is a specification to allow browsers to expose hardware authentication devices—USB, Bluetooth, or NFC—to sites on the Web. These hardware devices enable users to prove their identity to sites without requiring usernames and passwords. The spec has been developed as a joint effort between FIDO, an industry body that’s developing secure authentication systems, and W3C, the industry group that oversees development of Web standards. With WebAuthn-enabled browsers and…
