An argument for passwordless

A warning upfront: this is not a “passwords are dead pls don’t use” article, but my attempt at convincing you to consider alternatives to password authentication. I also include a primer on the different passwordless authentication techniques you might want to use. Aren’t passwords just awesome? The concept behind passwords is quite simple. You present the user with a “password” field and imply the instruction: “Please come up with a secret phrase that you’ll have to remember and protect indefinitely.