Security News > 2019 > July > The rise of biometrics and passwordless security

Whether you realize it or not, our current era of mobile and cloud computing can be defined, both positively and negatively, by shared secrets. Shared secrets — passwords, authentication, and legacy multi-factor authentication — is the synchronous relationship between users and centralized authorities — online banks, social media sites, third-party applications — who hold the same secret. Both the credential authentication process and the centralized database of passwords and other shared secrets creates a potential … More → The post The rise of biometrics and passwordless security appeared first on Help Net Security.

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