INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Microsoft has announced that its Edge browser has moved into a world without passwords, allowing surfers to sign in using more secure means
notes in a blog post, with preview build 17723 of Windows 10, Edge now supports Web Authentication, meaning rather than tapping in passwords
to access websites which require them, users can sign in and authenticate themselves with facial or fingerprint recognition via Windows
supportChrome and Firefox already offer such authenticators, so Edge is playing catch-up in this respect, although Microsoft asserts that
its implementation for Web Authentication represents the most complete level of support available, and caters for a wider variety of
At RSA 2018, we shared a sneak peak of how these APIs could be used to approve a payment on the web with your face
available to those testing Windows 10 preview builds currently, but Edge should gain this capability when the next big update for the OS is
released later this year.Via Mashable
