Research theme 03

Passwordless Authentication

Authentication approaches designed to reduce or remove reliance on memorized secrets.

Research question

What must passwordless systems get right for adoption, recovery, and trustworthy use?

This theme covers alternatives that reduce or remove conventional passwords, including FIDO2 and security keys. It considers enrollment, recovery, authenticator constraints, and whether an interface helps a person verify the service they are authenticating to.

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