Google is working on a new tool to replace passwords

Google is working on a new tool that would work as an alternative of passwords as a main way of authentication on the web Google is working on a new tool that would work as an alternative of passwords as a main way of authentication on the web. “Along with many in the industry, we feel passwords and simple bearer tokens such as cookies are no longer sufficient to keep users safe,” Grosse and Upadhyay Google engineers said in a report. The passwords are not likely to disappear, but to make their role less important. The company is testing a cryptographic card developed by Yubico that will be plugged into a USB.