Apple Now Supports Physical Security Keys in iOS 16

Apple now supports physical security keys for increased security. USB
keys can be used with the USB to Lightning Camera Adapter. NFC keys are
also available. If and when the iPhone moves to USB-C then USB-C keys
can be used.

"For the first time, iOS users can use physical security keys for
two-factor authentication (2FA) of their Apple ID. This new measure,
announced by the company last year, adds a layer of protection for those
facing unusual security threats — people like celebrities, journalists
and government employees." <https://www.engadget.com/ios-16-3-physical-security-keys-details-200420087.html>

Keys that work can be found at <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213154>.

Android devices have supported physical security keys since 2016
(Android 7).

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In article <tqrj7o$nktf$[email protected]>, sms
<[email protected]> wrote:

Apple now supports physical security keys for increased security. USB
keys can be used with the USB to Lightning Camera Adapter. NFC keys are
also available. If and when the iPhone moves to USB-C then USB-C keys
can be used.

third party apps have supported physical security keys (e.g., yukibey)
at least since ios 11 (2017). yubikey has had keys with lightning and
nfc for *years*, as well as usb-a and -c.

what's new is support for passkey, which was announced just last year
for all platforms.

using an iphone as a security key (not the same thing) has been
available prior to that.

Android devices have supported physical security keys since 2016
(Android 7).

no they haven't.

what android supported was using the phone *as* a security key,
something ios apps have been able to do before 2016.

what's new is using a physical security key *with* the phone, which is
new to both platforms.

android just added it *last* *month* and only to chrome, not android
itself, which is coming soon: <https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-use-passkeys-google-chrome>
After announcing that passkey support was coming to Android and
Chrome back in October, the new feature is now available in the
latest version of Google�s browser (Chrome Stable M108).

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On 1/25/2023 7:52 AM, sms wrote:

Apple Now Supports Physical Security Keys in iOS 16

Apple now supports physical security keys for increased security. USB
keys can be used with the USB to Lightning Camera Adapter. NFC keys are
also available. If and when the iPhone moves to USB-C then USB-C keys
can be used.

"For the first time, iOS users can use physical security keys for
two-factor authentication (2FA) of their Apple ID. This new measure, announced by the company last year, adds a layer of protection for those facing unusual security threats — people like celebrities, journalists
and government employees." <https://www.engadget.com/ios-16-3-physical-security-keys-details-200420087.html>

Keys that work can be found at <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT213154>.

Android devices have supported physical security keys since 2016
(Android 7).

It was amusing to listen to the radio today (KCBS).

There was a tech reporter on the radio news today, gushing about Apple’s
new physical security keys and how Google and Microsoft would now have
to “catch up.”

Uh, both Windows and Android have had physical security keys available
for years, this is not some new technology that was just invented.

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In article <tqsbvi$rl3v$[email protected]>, sms
<[email protected]> wrote:

There was a tech reporter on the radio news today, gushing about Apple�s
new physical security keys and how Google and Microsoft would now have
to �catch up.�

you're using a myster reporter on kcbs whom you refuse to name as an authoritative source?

Uh, both Windows and Android have had physical security keys available
for years,

so has apple, for roughly a decade.

this is not some new technology that was just invented.

the keys aren't what's new. it's the specific implementation that's new.

either this is yet another thing you do not understand, or you're
trolling.

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