Web Directions Code '20 session spotlight–Say Goodbye to Passwords and Hello to WebAuthn - Web Directions

Web Directions Code ’20 session spotlight–Say Goodbye to Passwords and Hello to WebAuthn

John Allsopp 25th June, 2020 @johnallsopp

Say Goodbye to Passwords and Hello to WebAuthn

Ben Dechrai, Developer Advocate Auth0

Identifying ourself to access social media, banking details, and every aspect of our online life is something we do potentially dozens of times a day.

But as the nearly ten billion leaked account details documented by “‘;–have i been pwned?” attest, this process has a fatal weakness–passwords.

The Web Authentication API (or WebAuthn) is a standard from the W3C and FIDO that “allows servers to register and authenticate users using public key cryptography instead of a password”. WebAuthn is part of a set of standards that enable passwordless authentication between servers, browsers, and authenticators. It’s supported in all modern browsers.

In this presentation Ben Dechrai will outline how the technologies work, and how you can take advantage of them today to create a far more secure experience for your users.

About Ben Dechrai

Ben Dechrai is a technologist with a staunch focus on security and privacy. This started at the age of 11, when he wrote software to stop his parents from breaking the family PC, and resulted in his working as a developer advocate for Auth0. He enjoys helping developers find the joy of experimentation, from ethical skulduggery to subversive automation, and can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @bendechrai.

See two dozen world-leading experts on all things JavaScript and front end development at Code://Remote September 2020

Code://Remote takes place across the month of September, and features two dozen world-leading experts on all things JavaScript and front end development at an amazing price, just $295 before August 28th.

Learn more and register now

Conveniently timed for attendees from the North American West Coast, right across the pacific to Hong Kong and Singapore, Japan and beyond connect–with your peers at Code.

Great reading, every weekend.

We round up the best writing about the web and send it your way each Friday morning.

We make events for the professionals shaping the digital future

Learn more about us

Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development

Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney

Join us in 2019:

• Web Directions Code://remote 2020

  A global remote-only conference for JavaScript Developers and Front End Engineers.

  Exclusively Online September 2020

  Details

• Web Directions Product://Remote Design & Management 2020

  A global remote-only conference–product design and product management.

  Exclusively Online November 2020

  Details

• Web Directions Summit 2020

  A conference for the whole digital team–featuring product, design, front-end dev, and new people/talent/culture tracks.

  Sydney Late 2020, Early 2021

  Details

Images:

The images are downsized due to limited space here. The original dimensions may differ.
Click on the image to open it on a new tab.