Apple joins FIDO Alliance to eliminate passwords

Apple has joined the FIDO Alliance.
Apple’s Safari iconThis is a very big deal because 81% of all hacking-based security breaches can be traced back to weak passwords. The mission of the FIDO Alliance is to use free and open standards via FIDO Authentication that enables password-only logins to be replaced with secure and fast login experiences across websites and apps using WebAuth. The efforts of the FIDO Alliance have been supported by pretty much every major technology company with one