Add Passwordless authentication to your JAVA backend

If you want to keep your online accounts secure, you may find that passwords don't make the cut for several reasons:

• It's hard to remember good passwords.
• Passwords are often reused.
• Hackers can breach databases where passwords are stored.
• Passwords are frequently subject to phishing attacks.

So, what can you do instead? Well, tech companies like Apple have been coming up with solutions that don't need passwords, e.g. Apple Passkeys.

Here's the challenge: not all devices or browsers are compatible with Passkeys. If you don't want the hassle of checking each time whether it's a new device or an existing user, a PC or a smartphone, etc, but instead provide the best passwordless experience to every user with minimal implementation effort, then you should consider the passwordless identity platform OwnID.

OwnID is quick and easy to set up - all you have to do is integrate it on your website within minutes.

You can use OwnID regardless of what customer identity platform or custom authentication backend solution you have. Here, I'm going to walk you through integrating OwnID into your Java backend.