Samsung makes important announcements about passwords at SDC24
Truth be told, developer conferences are generally a pretty boring place, unless you’re a developer, of course. However, for journalists, they can often leave the most interesting and surprising news without much waving and shouting. This is happening at Samsung’s 10th anniversary developer conference on October 4 in San Jose. An official press release revealed that Samsung is ramping up the use of passwords and hastening the death of the password: Samsung Passkey is coming to your smart TV and refrigerator in 2025.
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THE Samsung press release started as boring as you’d expect for these things: “a decade of collaboration and innovation”, “commitment to using AI technology” and “empowering innovators to harness new technologies to break new ground” tells you all you need to know. Well, almost everything. Scroll down 29 paragraphs and if you’re still awake, you’ll get to the juicy stuff:
“Samsung also highlighted the expansion of Passkey, which will come to Tizen starting from 2025 TV models, the refrigerator with AI Family Hub™ and home appliances with AI Home. Passkey will provide greater convenience and security to users, while also supporting web browser-based logins via mobile QR code scanning.”
OK, I admit that paragraph 28 wasn’t too boring as it was about strengthening security governance so that new AI experiences “never require the sacrifice of personal data”. I mean, we’ve all heard this before, but let’s see how Samsung’s promise to use its blockchain-based multi-device security solution known as Knox Matrix to strengthen security across all devices, including TVs and household appliances, before sentencing her.
The Samsung Passkey announcement also includes TVs and refrigerators, so it’s refreshing to see the idea of enhanced authentication security moving away from just being a smartphone, tablet, “computer.”
Apple has made moves to provide stronger sign-in practices for iPhone users with its Passwords app for password and password management across devices, and Google has long been a leader in password adoption as well as stricter enforcement. password rules for users. This latest move from Samsung may come as a surprise, but it’s very welcome.
