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Passkey News: FIDO Unveils New Specifications, Amazon Announces 175 Million Users

FIDO Alliance has published new specifications for securely moving passkeys across providers, as Amazon announced 175 million passkey users.

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The FIDO Alliance this week published a working draft for a new set of specifications for securely moving passkeys and other credentials across providers.

The goal of the new secure credential exchange specifications is to further accelerate passkey adoption and enhance user experience. 

Companies such as 1Password, Apple, Bitwarden, Dashlane, Enpass, Google, Microsoft, NordPass, Okta, Samsung and SK Telecom have contributed to the development of these specifications. 

The new specifications are named Credential Exchange Protocol (CXP) and Credential Exchange Format (CXF), and they define a standard format for transferring passkeys, passwords and other credentials from one credential management platform to another. 

“Once standardized, these specifications will be open and available for credential providers to implement so their users can have a secure and easy experience when and if they choose to change providers,” the FIDO Alliance said.

According to the FIDO Alliance, more than 12 billion online accounts are currently accessible with passkeys, which are not only easier to use because they enable log-ins with biometrics or a screen pattern, but are also more secure because they cannot be stolen through phishing attacks.

Amazon also had some news related to passkeys this week: the tech giant announced that more than 175 million of its customers are already using passkeys.

The company announced support for passkeys last year. Currently, passkeys can be used to access Amazon accounts on browsers and mobile shopping applications, as well as for the Audible audiobook service. 

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“And this is just the beginning – we plan to gradually roll out passkeys to other Amazon apps and services over the next year,” Amazon said. 

Related: Google Now Syncing Passkeys Across Desktop, Android Devices

Related: Microsoft Adding New Security Features to Windows 11

Related: Google Adds Passkey Support to New Titan Security Key 

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Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is a managing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher for two years before starting a career in journalism as Softpedia’s security news reporter. Eduard holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial informatics and a master’s degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering.

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