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Microsoft States It's Time to Kill Off the Password
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#5506441 Posted on: 01/02/2018 05:31 PM
Useful, yes. Faster, debatable. Convenient, definitely. More secure, absolutely not (assuming you don't use idiotic passwords).
For the average layman on an everyday basis, sure, biometrics is probably a better route. But for anyone who cares about security, having a complex and lengthy password is more foolproof than your fingerprint, face, iris, voice, or DNA. Once you get to around 10 characters, a password isn't worth brute-force cracking anymore. Remember - just because the computer doing the hacking could potentially crack the password in a matter of hours, it's the receiving end that has to handle all those requests. So, it could still take a lifetime to crack such a password.
Biometrics is undoubtedly useful. I use facial recognition on my Surface Pro 4, and I also use my fingerprint and/or iris to log into my phone (I only use the passcode after a restart, and only because it forces me to). It's a lot faster, more convenient, and it's probably more secure as well.
Useful, yes. Faster, debatable. Convenient, definitely. More secure, absolutely not (assuming you don't use idiotic passwords).
The fact is, most people use simple, common passwords, and never really change them. I too don't want to bother with remembering passwords, which is why I use a password manager. Biometrics will probably be a lot more secure overall (it's not entirely foolproof, but what is?).
For the average layman on an everyday basis, sure, biometrics is probably a better route. But for anyone who cares about security, having a complex and lengthy password is more foolproof than your fingerprint, face, iris, voice, or DNA. Once you get to around 10 characters, a password isn't worth brute-force cracking anymore. Remember - just because the computer doing the hacking could potentially crack the password in a matter of hours, it's the receiving end that has to handle all those requests. So, it could still take a lifetime to crack such a password.
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#5506451 Posted on: 01/02/2018 05:59 PM
And in the near future...some individuals will be walking around with an eye patch and a missing index finger or hand.
Tin Foil Hat time... it all about having finger prints and facial features at the ready to convict anyone at the authority's leisure (trumped up charges).
Reality wise, this is all just a matter of time. Just think it ridiculous that a home computer used for casual use needs such security measures.
And in the near future...some individuals will be walking around with an eye patch and a missing index finger or hand.
Tin Foil Hat time... it all about having finger prints and facial features at the ready to convict anyone at the authority's leisure (trumped up charges).
Reality wise, this is all just a matter of time. Just think it ridiculous that a home computer used for casual use needs such security measures.
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#5506455 Posted on: 01/02/2018 06:04 PM
we will all have to like whatever ms says anyways
I still do think a 15 year old with a picture of the user and a basketball will hack the crap out of it.
pretty soon it wont be just them stealing your ID but your eyeballs fingers and other body parts
we will all have to like whatever ms says anyways
I still do think a 15 year old with a picture of the user and a basketball will hack the crap out of it.
pretty soon it wont be just them stealing your ID but your eyeballs fingers and other body parts
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#5506456 Posted on: 01/02/2018 06:07 PM
Maybe it's time to kill off Microsoft.
Maybe it's time to kill off Microsoft.
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Biometrics is undoubtedly useful. I use facial recognition on my Surface Pro 4, and I also use my fingerprint and/or iris to log into my phone (I only use the passcode after a restart, and only because it forces me to). It's a lot faster, more convenient, and it's probably more secure as well.
The fact is, most people use simple, common passwords, and never really change them. I too don't want to bother with remembering passwords, which is why I use a password manager. Biometrics will probably be a lot more secure overall (it's not entirely foolproof, but what is?).