LaTi reports:
Researchers at Britain's University of York and the University of Glasgow have created a new password system that could one day allow users to access their bank accounts, their phones or their favorite websites simply by picking out a familiar face from a grid of nine faces, four times in a row.
I wonder,though, if my necessary "z-lists celebrities" were Austrian economists, then others familiar with Austrians would be able to break my passcode.
They call the system Facelock, and according to a new study published in the journal Peer J, it is teeming with benefits. Most impressively, users were able to log into a test system using Facelock after not using it for an entire year. Imagine remembering a traditional, complex password for that long!
Details on how and why it works, here.
Yeah, it would seem that people who know you well would be able to potentially get through this.
ReplyDeleteThat's always been my concern with a lot of "security questions" on various websites. Random strangers might not know the name of the street I grew up on, my first pet, or my grandma's first name... but my friends, family, and most importantly, psychotic ex-girlfriends just might...