Google-backed password-killer hopes to make 'user and password' logging in system irrelevant

In October, Google had launched support for a security key which allowed users to log into a physical device, in the form of a USB. It was a smarter way to log in instead of the boring username and password. The infrastructure of this device is about to take a huge step. FIDO (Fast Identification Online) is releasing their 1.0 version. The FIDO Alliance is a group of about 48 companies led by PayPal and Lenovo. According to _The Verg_e , there had been earlier versions, like the one Google’s USB key is based on, but this one is more efficient and more stable, providing a cryptographic backing for any service or authenticator device you want to plug in. So now, users can make calls and access apps using their fingerprint scanner. As of now, there are very few products  that are working with FIDO Alliance. Samsung and Paypal are early FIDO members and some Samsung phones makes use of finger print to log into the PayPal account. iPhone’s touch ID sensor works with the new specification thanks to a software company called Nok Nok. If a phone lacks a finger print scanner, you can use system through face recognition, voice authentication or Google’s security key. Nok Nok currently has around 15 product trials in works. They hope that as more phones come with finger-print scanners, more apps will enable finger-print authentication which can be integrated with Nok Nok. FIDO Alliance has major companies such as Samsung, Qualcomm, and Blackberry as well as service companies like Google, Microsoft, and Netflix on board. Even financial companies like Bank of America, PayPal, and Visa have signed on.