Google Plans Digital ID Account Recovery, Projects 50% Share by 2035

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    "excerpt": "Google is developing a new account recovery method using digital identity credentials to address security weaknesses in traditional recovery methods, including SMS verification, when users lose their smartphones. The company projects that digital IDs could account for 50% of all account recovery methods by 2035. Claire Forszt, Product Manager for Authentication and Account Recovery at Google, and Bill Chen, Product Manager for Digital Identity at Google, outlined the initiative during a presentation titled “The Future of Account Recovery” at Authenticate U.S. 2026 in Carlsbad, California, on October 20 (local time). Authenticate is a digital identity and authentication conference organized by the FIDO Alliance, an international organization that develops online authentication standards. “We expect digital IDs to become widely adopted around the world by 2030 and potentially emerge as a primary account recovery method across the industry,” Forszt said. “By combining passkeys with strong account recovery technologies, we want to create an environment where users can securely access their accounts whenever they need to.” For 2035, Google also projected that phone numbers would account for 20% of account recovery methods, followed by selfie verification at 15%, recovery codes at 10% and security keys at 5%. Google's efforts to develop new account recovery methods come amid the...",
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