Dashlane’s password manager goes zero password
Dashlane’s building its own password-free solution that can unlock user vaults via device authentication — but it’s not passkeys…
Password manager company Dashlane is replacing the master password with a new device-based / biometric “Passwordless Login” solution to better protect users’ password vaults. That means Dashlane users will no longer have to create and remember a single password that must be guarded from the world — lest it succumbs to a dastardly phishing scheme that compromises your whole digital life (and probably your identity)…
However, while Dashlane’s new master password replacement solution also uses cryptographic keys, it’s not the same as passkeys, which is the password-free authentication solution developed by FIDO Alliance. Passkeys are backed by all the major tech players, including Apple, Microsoft, and Google, which just added support for passkey protection on Google accounts this morning…
