BRANDON Bailey, AP Technology Writer
Each of your online accounts to remember a different password tired of trying? Or re-use the same password several times, concerned about? You are not alone. Tech experts traditional passwords, disturbing moldy and agree that easily hacked.
This week, Yahoo and Microsoft offer some alternatives: Yahoo users on the phone they want to sign in to your Yahoo! account Temporary passwords can write all the time says. Microsoft's customers can log in with their fingertip or face it, Windows 10, this summer the new computer operating system, face recognition and fingerprint recognition technology that has been built. Two approaches attract different reviews.
Here is what you should know:
New day, new password
Convenience and security. By text message on their mobile phone they want to sign into Yahoo account sent every time - Yahoo "demand" to get a single-use password is promising consumers to choose. Once you opt in to the program, or Yahoo e-mail or other services to create a password is not required to memorize.
Not a good move, experts say.
"Yahoo is just easier for attackers to compromise an account built," Tim Erlin, cyber security firm Tripwire risk strategist said. Temporary password into the hands of someone who steals your phone can. Most phones home screen to unlock the need for a separate password can be set while, many people do not bother to do so. Phones caught or copies of text messages, he said, can be infected with malware.Although it may be convenient, Erlin Yahoo's demand for two-factor authentication option is referred to as the company offers another alternative, a step backward, said. With that option, users on a traditional password and texted to their phone is both a bar code must be provided. A hacker to get a user's account shall be required both for him that is considered strong.
Yahoo is strong two-factor authentication security chief Alex Stamos agrees that. But many people do not use it, they defend against critics said in an online message. Instead, people too often, especially on small phone screen, type the password that's easy to recycle, but also easy for hackers to guess, he said.
Most online service users for their phone to send a text or email to reset your password after two if they lose their device, users are already vulnerable, Stamos argued .
"It's really funny passwords safe as long as we have any customers that broke nearly impossible to keep, that is so incredibly," Stamos wrote on his Twitter account. He said that Yahoo is working on other solutions.
Future
Used by scanning your fingerprint or face separate them seem like science to FI. But the future is here.Microsoft users face, iris or fingerprint can unlock the computer or phone so that it, in its next version of Windows software "biometric authentication" technology that is built from this week. A fingerprint reader or devices which are becoming more common infrared sensor, a high-end camera must have.Windows 10 users to sign into other online accounts for their face or fingerprint may be able to use., Microsoft Vice President Joe Belfiore wrote in a blog post.
It is not widely used, although Google already Android phones as an option for unlocking offers face recognition. Early versions were criticized as unreliable, but the technology has improved, Anil Jain, Michigan State University expert said biometrics. Apple and Samsung offer fingerprint recognition to unlock the phones, Apple also allow Apple to purchase through PayPal uses it.
Microsoft's system will be effective or wide acceptance, it is too early to know, Jane warned. But I need to replace passwords, Strategy and Research in the banking and payments industry to research fraud expert Al Pascual, said.
A lot of people use the same password for multiple accounts, and they routinely are stolen by hackers.
"Password Today," he said, "more than any kind of security measure is more of a responsibility."
The Associated Press
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