Apple, Microsoft, or Google: Whose platform authenticator rules our passkey future?

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Passwords are on track to be replaced by passkeys as a more secure login credential.
• There are three types of authenticators: platform, virtual, and roaming.
• Apple, Microsoft, and, to some extent, Google are the main providers of platform authenticators.

Coming soon to a website or application near you (if it hasn’t already) will be the opportunity to login with a passwordless…