Welcome to the Tech Mem Bride Home for Friday, May 6, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today with

Apple, Google, and Microsoft. Now all signed up to offer Fido Alliance technology. Are we about

to hear about some big passwordless tech at all of the developers conferences

this summer? China wants the whole country to turn in their foreign-made laptops.

Fort Knight is available everywhere, including iOS, thanks to Microsoft, and of course, the weekend

long read suggestions.

Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Apple, Google, and Microsoft announced plans to offer the Fido Alliance's password-less technology

on websites and apps using fingerprint readers face scanners and smartphones

basically using everything that they do. So at long long last is the

passwordless future we've been hearing about so much over the years finally coming to pass and is it coming to pass this year?

quoting CNET. The Fido Alliance, Fido is short for Fast Identity Online.

Said Thursday, it's working with the three companies to begin offering password-less technology

to websites and apps.

Instead of using unreliable password logins, apps, and websites could identify who you are with a fingerprint reader,

face scanner, or even your phone.

Working with the industry to establish new, more secure sign-in methods that offer better protection

and eliminate the vulnerabilities of passwords is central to our commitment

to building products that offer maximum security and a transparent user experience.

All with the goal of keeping users personal information safe, Kurt Knight, Apple's senior director of Platform Pro... of management Alex Simmons said any viable product needs to be safer

easier and faster than what we use today. The complete shift to a

passwordless world will begin with consumers making it a natural part of

their lives, he said in a statement, Google as well,

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