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Web standard brings password-free sign-ins to virtually any site — Engadget

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The FIDO Alliance and W3C have launched a web authentication standard that makes it easier to offer unique encryption credentials for each site, writes Jon Fingas of Engadget.

Here is the link: https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/10/fido-w3c-web-authentication/

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