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Nok Nok Labs has formally welcomed Apple to the FIDO Alliance. The greeting confirms a news story that broke last week, which indicated that Apple had not only joined the Alliance, but would be taking on a leadership role as a member of the board.

Apple has signed up as a board member of the Fido Alliance, an organization committed to eliminating the need for passwords.

Besides Apple, most technology giants including Amazon, Facebook, Google are board members of the alliance which wants password-only logins to be replaced with secure and fast login experiences across…

Nok Nok Labs has announced Apple as the newest member of the board of the FIDO Alliance, a company co-founded by Nok Nok Labs launched in 2013.

The explosion in connected devices has led to a security nightmare for many businesses and providers, as the companies cope with securing a network that no longer connects together just workstations, servers, laptops, and smartphones, but also a growing variety of devices such as printers, door locks, lights, and vehicles.

Increasing industry support, global regulations and customer adoption continue to drive deployments for strong passwordless authentication

Apple has joined Fast Identity Online (FIDO) Alliance, an open industry association that promotes passwordless authentication. FIDO already has some big names such as Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Amazon, ARM, and Intel as members.

Apple joining the alliance means we can expect more support for password-free authentication in iOS and macOS…

As a standalone form of authentication, passwords are pretty poor. Passwords are exposed in data breaches, people forget them, use insecure credentials and repeat them across services. It’s with this in mind that Apple has just made a bold move to try and help all users move away from passwords…

“Apple joining this alliance is an important signal,” says Richard Clarke, former Special Advisor to the President on Cybersecurity, and Advisory Board member to Nok Nok Labs. “Password-related breaches are far more prevalent than they should be given the alternatives we have available. Apple and other Alliance members are transforming…

Passwords are a notorious security mess. The FIDO Alliance wants to replace them with better, more secure technology and now Apple is it them in this effort.

Apple has joined the FIDO Alliance, an organization that aims to help reduce the use of passwords by providing free and open authentication standards.

Nok Nok Labs, inventor of the FIDO specifications and a founding member of the FIDO Alliance, announced on Wednesday that Apple has not only become a…