WASHINGTON – With a data breach or cyber hack being reported nearly every week, companies are racing to develop new technology to replace the password altogether.
Some companies, such as聽Microsoft, are charging full-speed toward a world without passwords, or without having to change them.
reports the software giant’s Windows 10 has a feature called Windows Hello, which lets users sign in using their faces. A small infrared camera with the ability to measure depth allows users to authenticate their identity using facial recognition technology.
The Canadian company Nymi is developing a that charts a user’s unique rhythm with聽a wristband, which can be used to do everything from signing聽into a聽work computer聽to buying聽coffee.
The Dutch bank ING has an app that lets users replace passwords with聽voice recognition technology, which is harder to crack than a password, Tech Insider reports.
Read more about researchers’ work in using brainwaves to bypass password sign-ins .
