- From: Alastair Campbell <acampbell@nomensa.com>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2018 12:39:29 +0000
- To: "Patrick H. Lauke" <redux@splintered.co.uk>, "w3c-wai-gl@w3.org" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
> Browser support is only one aspect here, though. The other part is that
> the user must have a device which does provide the authentication
> service itself (fingerprint sensor, appropriate Windows Hello compatible
> computer/webcam for face recognition for instance, etc).
Indeed, but you can get the USB version for £17.5 on amazon [1] (or less, but I haven’t heard of the cheaper brands). Windows Hello also works with a PIN or password, whatever the user has setup to login.
On Android you can use a Bluetooth security key [2].
The point is that the browsers provide an API, and it’s up to the user which authentication to use.
And, these could be an alternative to the standard 6-digit time-based password, you can have both.
-Alastair
1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/FIDO-U2F-Security-Key-co-creator/dp/B00NLKA0D8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1514896452&sr=8-4&keywords=yubikey
2] https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6103523?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en
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