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This is a smart move by Apple. Authentication infrastructure is necessarily cross platform. It doesn’t generate revenue for Apple, but the lack of cross platfor
by ttul 3y ago
This is a smart move by Apple. Authentication infrastructure is necessarily cross platform. It doesn’t generate revenue for Apple, but the lack of cross platform auth would limit enterprise adoption of Apple products.
- supriyo-biswas 3y agoPasskeys (otherwise known as WebAuthn) isn’t an Apple specific standard though.
- ttul 3y agoAbsolutely. 1Password is betting heavily on being the passkey clearing house for enterprise. I think what Apple is doing here is saying that companies like 1Password can do this for their flavor of WebAuthn too.
- riffraff 3y ago> It doesn’t generate revenue for Apple, but it creates lock-in, if all your credentials are in a iCloud keychain, you're encouraged to get a phone that can sync with your ipad, laptop, and desktop. Manually find and re-sync your stuff from firefox-on-desktop to chrome-on-mobile to safari-on-ipad is a major PITA.
- rickdeckard 3y agoAnd it creates nicely labeled and synchronized information of when and how often a user logged into a eCommerce service/Streaming portal/..., while still being able to state that your browser history is never processed for profiling...