Windows 'Hello' And 'Passport' Features Promise Website And App Logins Without Passwords

[Guest]

Microsoft announced three authentication methods supported in Windows 10 that use facial, iris and fingerprint recognition, as well as a new feature called Passport, to cryptographically log users into websites and apps without passwords.

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[Alec Mowat]

I remember the screen picture touch identification was cracked in about a day. All the Windows 8.1 MS documentation advised disabling it through Group Policy and forcing a password and PIN on mobile devices.

Let's see how long this one lasts.

 

[tomfreak]

With a lot of people using stupid simple password these days, this new feature IMO is generally more secure. Good work Microsoft.

 

[cats_Paw]

I had facial activation in my MSI laptop.
It would be all nice and good if windows wasent the most popular and easiest to hack OS in the planet 😀.
Also, in todays world, most internet active users will have to remember like 30-50 passwords.
If you cant even remember your Windows Password, you are screwed 😀.

 

[voodoochicken]

Does it work on black skin, or do they still have to hire white people to follow them around?

 

[LouF]

They shall call it......Relic

 

[mapesdhs]

I must be getting old... why do I find the most annoying thing about this the use
of 'Yup' in the Windows popup? 😀

Other than that, who knows; we've seen announcements like this before, eg.
fingerprint scanning on mobiles, but they've always been hacked.

Ian.

 

[ikefu]

The important piece on the facial recognition part is that is requires camera hardware specifically built for it which solves a lot of the current issues. The old "hold up a picture of the person" trick doesn't work since the camera measures in three dimensions and sees that the picture is flat. Could be cool.