Vault12 Open Source WebAuthn/Passkey Support for Electron on macOS: Enabling Touch ID and iCloud Keychain in Hybrid Desktop Apps

Vault12 announced today the open-source release of electron-webauthn-mac, a native WebAuthn/Passkey implementation for Electron apps on macOS only that ports Apple's platform authenticators (Touch ID ...
Dark Reading

Getting Started With Passkeys, One Service at a Time

Passkeys gained momentum in 2023. In addition to the major three technology firms supporting passkeys — Apple, Google, and Microsoft — third-party password providers, such as 1Password and Bitwarden, ...
Cult of Mac

iOS 14 could add two-factor authentication to iCloud Keychain password manager

The iCloud Keychain password manager built into iOS and macOS is reportedly getting support for two-factor authentication. This is a feature now only available in third-party password managers like ...
Cloud Computing

iCloud Keychain: Apple’s Emerging Cloud-based Password Manager

In the latest versions of Macintosh OS X Mavericks and iOS 7.0.3, Apple integrated a new cloud-based feature called the iCloud Keychain, a free password and account manager. With this iCloud add-on, ...
techtimes

Apple Launches iCloud Passwords Extension on Mozilla Firefox, But There's One Problem

Apple has unveiled its official iCloud Passwords extension for Firefox, and with this, it's now more seamless to manage your password and use the autofill functionality in Mozilla's popular browser.
Computerworld

Managed Apple IDs, iCloud, and the shadow IT connection

Apple's expansion of managed IDs for business users opens the door to helpful features such as iCloud backup and syncing — but beware of increased data sprawl and siloes. Apple is continuing its ...