Security News > 2016 > September > Can biometrics and the FIDO Alliance save us from password overload? (Help Net Security)
All the available evidence indicates our password-based security system is broken. The human brain can only remember so much and its memory capacity is being pushed to the breaking point by a deluge of required user names and passwords. We are forced to use them in every direction, from accessing our email to the most recent heating bill. Compounding matters, users create security holes in the efforts they take to remember them all. Cybersecurity experts … More →
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