Anders Aberg, Director of Passwordless
Anders Åberg is the Director of Passwordless at Bitwarden, where he leads the company's work on passkeys and passwordless authentication. He brings over a decade of engineering and leadership experience to this role. Anders is a member of the W3C and FIDO Alliance working groups, contributing his expertise in areas such as passkeys, open source, technology and code, and developer experience.
Prior to Bitwarden, Anders founded passwordless.dev, which was later acquired by the company. As an experienced engineer and former startup founder, he brings a deep technical background and leadership skills to his current role, driving innovation in the passwordless authentication space. Anders is passionate about improving security and developer experience through open standards and modern authentication methods. He is also a maintainer of several open source projects and member of the .net foundation.
Areas of expertise
Passkeys
Open source and open standards
Developer experience
Systems design
Passwordless authentication
Engineering and leadership
The end goal isn’t to have zero passwords, says Bitwarden’s passkey expert
"Passwordless.dev is an API service that allows developers to build passkey support into their apps.
If you’re a web developer that wants to add passkeys and help your users sign in securely, faster, and easier, so that they don’t forget their passwords, then passwordless.dev enables you to add that to your app in minutes instead of weeks or months spent researching and building."
Bitwarden acquires passwordless authentication startup Passwordless.dev
“Customers want passwordless authentication solutions that are unique to their companies and end users, but building differentiated experiences is resource intensive,” said Passwordless.dev founder Anders Åberg.
“Bitwarden and Passwordless.dev will make passwordless more accessible for everyone.”
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“The rise of passkeys…nowadays is a tectonic shift for authentication. It makes authentication secure and as seamless as unlocking your phone.
It’s been a gradual process to get here. There’ve been advancements in hardware, fingerprint technology, and face recognition…and a lot of work has gone into coming up with the protocols and software to drive this.”
4 Factors You Must Consider When Choosing a Password Manager
"Anders Åberg, director of passwordless at Bitwarden, a leading password manager, sees authentication as a delay before you get where you want to go. In his words, “passkeys remove friction” and thus create a much better user experience—something the service does well, as you can read in my Bitwarden review."
Why MFA alone won’t protect you in the age of adversarial AI
“Approaches like device fingerprinting or geolocation can supplement traditional MFA,” explained Anders Aberg, director of passwordless at Bitwarden. “These methods adjust security requirements based on user behavior and context — such as location, device or network — reducing friction while maintaining high security.”