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Future Passkeys will be able to be shared across platforms & password vaults

The FIDO Alliance standards body has published specifications that should lead to passkeys being able to get shared seamlessly between platforms and also different password apps.

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Apple first joined the Fast Identity Online Alliance (FIDO) in 2020, several years after competitors such as Microsoft, Google, and Samsung. It’s since extended its support for FIDO’s aim to replace passwords with biometric passkeys.

Now FIDO has unveiled what it calls a working draft of specifications which “will enable users to securely move passkeys and all other credentials across providers.” The new specification details how passkeys, and passwords, can be transferred in a secure way when a user moves to a different password manager app, or to a different platform.

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