The end of passwords within 5 years?
Business owners should get ready to embrace a major technology shift – that will see the end of passwords for good in less than 5 years.
That’s the prediction from local technology expert John Miller, owner of Smarter Technologies Ltd.
“I’ve seen the future of logging in. It’s called passkeys and it’s so easy,” he explained.
“Passkeys have just been introduced by Apple. But all the big tech companies including Google and Microsoft are behind them. And I really do think this will be the end of old fashioned passwords forever.”
The beauty of passkeys is there’s no need to remember any login details. Instead when logging in, you use your phone to prove its you.
You must have your phone near your computer. You just unlock it using your face or fingerprint in the usual way. Your phone and computer talk, and – that’s it – you’re logged in.
If the tech giants have their way, passkeys will start on our computers and eventually become the standard way to login to everything.
John added: “Because this is so much easier, people will want to use it. And it makes phishing scams less likely, as someone won’t be able to login without your unlocked phone near their computer.
“The first ever password was created in 1961. I believe passwords have been hated ever since!
“This is a welcome innovation and I think it’s going to make technology so much easier for local businesses.”
