{"id":1193116,"date":"2023-10-17T08:20:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T12:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1193116"},"modified":"2023-10-17T08:20:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T12:20:36","slug":"whatsapp-debuts-passkey-logins-on-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1193116","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp debuts passkey logins on Android"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp just made logging in a much simpler and faster process, at least on Android devices. The Meta-owned chat application has launched passkey support for Android, which means users no longer have to use OTPs from two-factor authentication to be able to log into their account. <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/passkeys-passwords-authentication-security-133024414.html?_fsig=VYtXT4n3oeuJQRJ6AkKQkw--%7EA\">Passkeys<\/a> are a relatively new login technology designed to be resistant to phishing attacks, password leaks and other security vulnerabilities plaguing its older peers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re made up of cryptographic pairs consisting of one public key and one private key that lives on the user&#8217;s device. Services that support passkeys don&#8217;t have access to that private key, and it also can&#8217;t be written down or given away. Without that private key, nobody else can log into somebody&#8217;s account. Now that WhatsApp has launched passkey support, users can log in using their device&#8217;s authentication procedure, so they can simply verify their identities with their face, fingerprint or their PINs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While a lot of applications still don&#8217;t have passkey support, the list continues to grow. <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/paypal-launches-passkey-logins-for-android-web-in-the-us-070157855.html?_fsig=3J12zzA6dHgSJwuVQ0V1nw--%7EA\">PayPal<\/a> launched passkey logins for Android back in March, while <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tiktok-rolls-out-passkey-login-for-ios-devices-053212136.html\">TikTok<\/a> rolled out support for the technology in July. More recently, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/passkey-support-is-finally-available-in-1password-193723385.html?_fsig=VYtXT4n3oeuJQRJ6AkKQkw--%7EA\">1Password<\/a> rolled out passkeys to all its users on desktop and iOS after testing the login solution for three months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"b2e55982c2ae4813bcf8952e106c3459\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Android users can easily and securely log back in with passkeys \ud83d\udd11 only your face, finger print, or pin unlocks your WhatsApp account <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/In3OaWKqhy\">pic.twitter.com\/In3OaWKqhy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhatsApp\/status\/1713948410942804433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p \/>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/whatsapp-debuts-passkey-logins-on-android-122036260.html?src=rss&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Engadget &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/whatsapp-debuts-passkey-logins-on-android-122036260.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WhatsApp debuts passkey logins on Android<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp just made logging in a much simpler and faster process, at least on Android devices. 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