# Webauthn support

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/webauthn-support/126454
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** rfc
**Created:** [August 21, 2019, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webauthn-support/126454 "2019-08-21T23:20:40Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webauthn-support/126454/52 "2020-10-19T20:06:33Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> I would very much like to avoid even thinking about “First factor / passwordless” auth here, to me we got to ship this feature and live with it for 3-4 months before even considering this.

14 months later…

Username-less and Password-less logins will be natively supported on iOS devices, making this method accessible to a much wider audience now:

> **[Meet Face ID and Touch ID for the Web](https://webkit.org/blog/11312/meet-face-id-and-touch-id-for-the-web/)**
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> People often see passwords are the original sin of authentication on the web.

Login by FaceID without having to type **anything** (nor username or password) would make sessions more secure and less cumbersome.

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