WebAuthN provides a way to use external security or on-device security keys as an volitional for SMS or App-based 2-factor authentication

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Call it Web Authentication, Web Auth or Web AuthN, it’s coming to Samsung Internet Beta 17.0 and will be released in our 17.0 stable release planned for next month. We’ve been testing Web Hallmark for a while, overdue a flag, but now it’s ready to come out into the light. We’ll be featuring support for security keys unfluctuating by USB, NFC and Bluetooth — as well as on-device keys.

A screen spritz showing 3 screens of a smart phone demonstrating use of webauth on GitHub. First “use security key”; then “get started”; then “choose how to use your security key” with options Bluetooth, NFC, USB and “use this device with screen lock.”
Web Hallmark allows sites such as GitHub to use a security key or on-device hallmark as a form of 2-factor auth.

We’ll be tent increasingly well-nigh how to use WebAuthn, including as a password replacement, in a post later in the month. In the midpoint time, we hope you’ll download our Beta, try it out and feed when to us if you have any questions or issues.

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