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The FIDO Alliance's Andrew Shikiar explains how passkeys are quickly replacing passwords as the next-generation login, a low friction, high security protocol for any device.

When the FIDO Alliance holds its virtual Authenticate Virtual Summit on passkeys event this week, the focus will be on how enterprises are shifting away from passwords to the new passkey standards and technical innovations, constituting the latest advance in public key cryptography.

Passkeys change the game by reducing organizations' threat surfaces and making log-in tasks across devices infinitely easier thanks to the pairing of biometric authentication with asymmetric cryptography.

TechRepublic spoke with him about the shift from passwords to passkeys and how the new FIDO2, the third standard developed by FIDO Alliance, enables a frictionless, high-security user experience across desktop and mobile devices, designed to eliminate manual logins.

So the FIDO2 implementation allows you to sync your private key across devices.

Personally, I have a password manager because I'm on an iPhone and PC, I have iCloud and Chrome, so I have a password manager across devices as a single source of truth for all of my accounts.

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