Welcome to the Tech Mean Right Home for Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023. I'm Brian McCullough.

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Here's what you miss today in the world of tech. Google this morning released Pass Keys, a new Fido Alliance developed

cryptographic Keys solution that requires a pre-authenticated device to

basically eliminate passwords for all Google accounts and hopefully

eventually accounts on other major platforms.

Quoting the verge.

Google's next step into a passwordless future is here with the announcement that

Pass Keys, a new cryptographic Key solution that requires a pre-authenticated device

are coming to Google accounts on all major platforms. Starting today, Google users can switch to

pass keys and ditch their passwords and two-step verification codes entirely when

signing in. Pass keys are a safer, more convenient alternative to passwords being pushed by Google,

Apple, Microsoft, and other tech companies aligned with the Fido Alliance.

They can replace traditional passwords and other sign-in systems like two-factor authentication

or SMS verification

with a local PIN or a device's own biometric authentication,

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