Archive of posts regarding authentication
Published 2019-08-05
Firefox for Android (Fennec) now supports the Web Authentication API as of version 68. WebAuthn blends public-key cryptography into web application logins, and is our best technical response to credential phishing. Applications leveraging WebAuthn gain new second factor and “passwordless” biometric authentication capabilities. Now, Firefox for Android... [read more]
Published 2018-01-11
Web Authentication is now enabled in Firefox Nightly, with intent to ship in version 60.
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Published 2014-08-06
Where the Internet of Things meets locations in the physical world, I envision scores of devices networking together to make life more efficient
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Published 2014-07-30
The public authentication problem is one we have all learned to solve with intuition: How do I decide to trust a new person?
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