Company Apple became a member of Aliance FIDO (Fast Identity Online Alliance), which supports and develops stronger authentication and security standards methods through publicly available code (itself promotes its own U2F) while also helping to reduce the global dependence on entering passwords. Apple thus joining the existing members as Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Samsung and others with the same goal of securing online connections and supporting adoption of two-factor authentication for users, which is the main task of aliance.
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FIDO U2F is an open authentication protocol that allows users to securely log in to online services without having to enter a password or code. Using a special physical USB security key or technology NFC On devices that are based on a similar security protocol to smart access cards, users can quickly and conveniently log in to their accounts. These security keys can be used as an additional method of two-factor authentication in online services where this protocol is supported. Currently, support is offered by, for example, Google, Dropbox or Facebook.
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ProGoogle browsers Chrome,MozillaFirefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera already support this standard. With iOS 13.3 was also added Safari, which also has support for FIDO2 physical login keys like those with koneby which Lightning from YubiKey. With support integrated into Safari a device called the YubiKey 5Ci becomes a much more usable and convenient method of authentication than software-based authentication methods, no need to enter any code, you simply insert the physical key into your iPhone or Mac (USB-C versions are also available) and it's authenticated. Support for FIDO2 USB keys using the WebAuthn protocol was previously added to Safari 13 on macOS. FIDO was founded in 2013 by a group that included Lenovo and PayPal to address the not-so-great ability of systems to work together when it comes to secure authentication.
