FIDO (Fast Identity Online) Alliance and W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) proposed a web authentication standard that aims to replace the traditional password-based authentication with more seamlessly secure and smooth login methods. Traditional passwords are starting to not be safe for modern-day websites and online apps. Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox have now devised methods that will kill off password based authentication on the web. New web authentication methods allow users to access their accounts using their fingerprints, face logins, flash drives connected to their devices and so much more.”]
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