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Despite embarrassing failure Microsoft pushes Windows Hello as the password replacement

11 months

Hackers have recently shown that Windows Hello installations from last year could be fooled easily with only a print out of a picture of your face taken with a near-infrared camera. Only more recent versions of Windows Hello could...

Lenovo’s latest Intel laptops will eliminate the need for passwords

by Pradeep

1 year

Lenovo and Intel yesterday announced the first PC-ready solution that brings simpler and safer online authentication when users log into popular websites like PayPal, Google, Dropbox and Facebook. Instead of using passwords for l...

Windows Phone Devices May Finally Get Fingerprint Scanning Technology

by Pradeep

4 years

Both iPhone and Samsung Galaxy devices features fingerprint scanning technology that allows users to unlock their devices with a touch of their fingers or even authenticate various services on their devices. No Windows Phone devic...

Microsoft Announces FIDO Authentication Support In Windows 10

by Pradeep

4 years

Microsoft today confirmed that FIDO Authentication support is coming in Windows 10. Microsoft has also contributed design inputs to the Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance, to be incorporated within FIDO 2.0 Technical Specificati...

Now even Canada drops Blackberry phones

by Surur

5 years

Blackberry’s best markets were actually in emerging markets, but their other western stronghold has been in Canada, where they had the home-field advantage. Unfortunately for the stumbling company, which only had 0.6% worldwide ...

Microsoft Joins FIDO Alliance In Revolutionizing Online Authentication System

by Pradeep

5 years

FIDO Alliance today announced that Microsoft has joined the Alliance as a member of the Board of Directors. FIDO Alliance develops technical specifications that define an open, scalable, interoperable set of mechanisms that reduce...