Let's try to guess the password you use. QWERTY1234; 12345; Qwerty? aBc123 or trustno1 or qzpm123? If you use any of the above codeand change it immediately: your password is on the list of 25 worst passwords. If you change it don't use genius 111111 or letmein.
Dignified passwords (passwords) have a problem: it's impossible to remember them.
More than a decade ago, Bill Gates predicted the end of passwords, but even today there are still people who have a post-it stuck on their screen that says "1234567". Meanwhile, billions of codes have been leaked and added to dictionaries using brute force applications.
But all indications are that passwords could end. Microsoft has confirmed that it will "slash" passwords in Windows 10 by introducing new options, with the support of Fast Identity Online Standard (FIDO).
This means you'll connect with your face, voice, iris, fingerprint, or a dongle, depending on which method the app chooses. company you.
But it's not just about computers: Apple also uses the Touch ID from iPhone 5 and then (as well as iPad Air 2 and Mini 3) by replacing fingerprint passwords. Samsung with the Galaxy S5 also brings a fingerprint reader.
While no technology is completely safe, fingerprint readers have improved a lot in recent years: Apple claims that we should try 50.000 different fingers to find one that will fit randomly. He also argues that the method is much safer than the probability of one in 10.000 disclosing a four-digit password.
It is much easier to forget a password than it is to forget fingers or eyeα μας. Τα συστήματα της Apple και και της Microsoft, που υποστηρίζονται από το πρότυπο FIDO έχουν μια διαφορετική αρχιτεκτονική στο παλιό μοντέλο κωδικών πρόσβασης: τα δακτυλικά αποτυπώματα ή τα άλλα βιομετρικά data, are stored locally, which makes it much more difficult for hackers to massively obtain millions of credentials from a storage server as is the case today.
But the move that will take us away from passwords should be done very carefully as we are talking about the use of biometrics.
Passwords are abstract (except if you're one of those idiots who use their first name as a password) and anonymously. Biometric data, on the other hand, is very personal, and we all know the insatiable hunger of intelligence agencies. These kinds of data make this information irresistible targets.
