This is a little TechCrunch article about the new methods of authentication that do not require a password. BitWarden - a competitor to LastPass and 1Password - has acquired a startup called Passwordless, and is going to be integrating this into their products.
The reason I chose this article to link to, is because it has links out to several other good articles that describe how authentication works in these new environments, who is backing which technologies, and is basically a great primer on the question, "what comes after passwords?"
Who has thoughts on this? Let's talk about this area of development...