Trend of increased authentication for Web transactions and social media use may be inconvenient and tedious for consumers but necessary to protect against abuse and malware, said security insiders.

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Microsoft Edge now supports the Web Authentication specification for password-free logins. Support actually appeared in Build 17723 for Windows Insider Fast Ring participants and Build 18204 in the ...

Web authentication is headed for a sweeping change, as consumers and businesses increasingly look to a more effective way to establish identity and trust on the Internet, which in becoming a ...

Google Messages for Web is likely going to augment its authentication system. Instead of scanning a QR code, you’ll authenticate by signing into the same Google account. Finally, it seems you’ll ...

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I have a general curiosity about how login sessions work. I.E., If I log into a website, what's typically happening that shows I have access rights to whichever pages, my specific user profile, etc?

Web Authentication (aka WebAuthn) has been a de facto standard for no-password web sign-ins for a while given that many tech giants are already using it, but now it's official. The World Wide Web ...

We wouldn’t consider Windows authentication as a feasible strategy as you cannot expose your service over the Internet if you leverage Windows authentication. Forms authentication uses the ASP.Net ...