Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials Level 2 is a W3C Recommendation

The Web Authentication Working Group is pleased to publish its Level 2 Recommendation of Web Authentication: An API for accessing Public Key Credentials. WebAuthn has already seen substantial deployment of strong cryptographic authentication, replacing insecure password-based authentication. Level 2 is a maintenance update, superseding Level 1. The group plans now to work on more substantial updates for Level 3.