With the average person juggling multiple digital devices and onlineaccounts, keeping track of, and entering passwords can be atime-consuming annoyance. But at the same time, as hacking and phishingattacks become more commonplace and sophisticated, leaving your personalinformation unprotected is obviously not an option. What are some of thenew security methods that remove the need to enter a password, but stillkeep your devices and accounts safe?
Fingerprints
Since the release of the iPhone 5s in 2013, Apple has provide the optionof opening your phone with a fingerprint, bypassing the need to enter anumber code or password at all. Since then, Samsung, Sony and HTC haveall followed suit. It is now possible to purchase a stand-alonefingerprint scanner to protect your desktop or laptop.
There are two types of fingerprint scanner, optical and capacitive. Optical scanners are used in smartphones, and work by reflecting light off of the groovesin your finger. The capacitive method uses an electric current from asensor to gain the same information. Capacitive scanners are moreaccurate, and are recommended for high-security purposes.
Facial Recognition
Apple’s Face ID for their iPhone X uses a dual-module sensor, projectinga grid of more than 30,000 infrared dots onto a face, with the othermodule processing the pattern to allow access. A 3D facial map isgenerated and stored in a local, secured area of your phone’s processorfor future reference.
Face ID is considered the most secure of the facial recognition methodson the market today, with reports of Samsung’s facial recognitiontechnology being fooled by a photograph. There are flaws in anyimplementation of this method, though. People with a twin sibling cannotutilise it, and people seeking unauthorised access only have to pointthe device at the owners face in order to gain it.
Single and temporary passwords.
A single and temporary password differs from a standard password in thatit is only to be used once, sent by SMS to a user’s phone, most often inthe form of a Randomly Generated Number (RNG) code. This ensures thatonly the device owner can access an account, making it a safer than theusual security questions for this purpose.
Two-factor authentication
Two-factor authentication is an added layer of security, rather than apassword alternative. It can take the form of a QR or RNG code. If youare serious about your security needs, then this extra precaution issomething to at least consider.
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