X, formerly Twitter, now lets you sign in without a password on your iPhone

A. social networkFormerly known as Twitter, it has implemented a new security measure in its iPhone application. After this, You can access your account from your mobile phone without needing a password.

on the ground, Pass Keys or access keys accepted on the network. These are alternative forms of user identification based on a more practical – but equally and even safer – alternative method of entering the profile.

Toggle switches for app X on iPhone for now facial recognition (Face ID) And fingerprint reading (Touch ID). This feature uses the WebAuthentication encryption standard to protect access keys.

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Although “highly recommended” by the company, this option is not mandatory. All users of the social network can create an access key on iOS, regardless of whether they subscribe to the Premium version of X or not.

The toggle switch is also not enabled by default; This means you need to go to the platform settings to configure it.

Access keys are gaining more and more space

Adopting access keys instead of traditional passwords is a growing trend on digital platforms. Since mid-2023, Google has been recommending new users creating accounts to adopt alternative login methods in addition to two-step authentication.

While WhatsApp on Android has started to follow the same path, Amazon also offers this alternative on iOS and on its website for web browsers.

The feature is seen as a way to reduce attacks against old accounts protected by weak passwords or those that have already been exposed in a previous data leak.

In the case of the X app for iPhone, only users in the United States gained access to access keys during this initial phase of implementation. The feature is expected to be rolled out to more people, regions and platforms such as Android in the near future, but deadlines have not been announced by the company.