What makes WebAuthn better? If you don’t need a password, what do you use instead? How does WebAuthn work? Is there a WebAuthn demo? How does WebAuthn differ from two-factor authentication?

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced that the Web Authentication API (WebAuthn) is an official web standard for password-free logins on the web.

After Firefox introduced WebAuthn support in early May, the latest version of Chrome supports the new standard too.

1Password doesn't support passkeys for logins yet, but it has a demo that lets users create a real WebAuthn credential that is stored and ready for when support arrives.

WebAuthn builds on top of two pre-existing FIDO specifications—U2F and UAF—that some websites use to verify a user's identity through what's known as 2FA, or two-factor authentication.

WebAuthn starts with enrollment. You visit a site or use an app that supports the standard, prove your identity, and then plug in your WebAuthn-equipped key like the YubiKey 5Ci, and tap it.

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