Security News > 2020 > March > ZenKey: How Major Mobile Carriers Are Teaming Up to Eliminate Passwords
Four major U.S. carriers are developing a new single sign-on variant they believe will do away with the need for passwords.
Their solution is new mobile app called ZenKey that securely ties the user's device to the carrier, and the carrier logs on to the service.
Four major carriers in the U.S. believe they have the solution by building authentication into the fabric of mobile communications.
"Having access to hardware, SIM cards, location information, usage patterns, and other data accessible to service providers gives mobile service providers an advantage," he told SecurityWeek; but still thinks it will be difficult for ZenKey to supplant the existing solutions.
ZenKey is a new approach to solving a major problem that already has many existing and different solutions.