I truly believe we are about to turn the corner in finally replacing
password-based authentication, but I am concerned that many organisations (some
vendors and some end-user businesses) are getting a little distracted with the
current flavours of the month.
Last month I posted a blog explaining why emojis are not the future of
authentication. This week I find myself having similar conversations about
selfies, following MasterCard’s announcement that it is experimenting with a
mobile app, through which the customer poses for a selfie, blinks and hey
presto they are authenticated!
Many of us use emojis and take selfies everyday (as well as using social
networks which is another method being considered), so on face value it would
seem to make sense to try and find ways of adopting them as authentication
tools. However, passwords have been with us for a long time and don’t think
that they are going to go in the blink of an eye!
From an end-user perspective passwords cause us headaches, because they
are overused and as we all do so much online, we need to remember so many of
them. Most of us solve this problem by using the same password (or variations
of it), causing organisations major headaches as we compromise their security
protocols. The thing is, we all want to be secure and protected but we are also
impatient and don’t want to be inconvenienced, so we look for short cuts
.
Now, imagine this brave new world where passwords have been replaced by
the headline hitting gimmicks. As it is the start of July you want to login to
your online banking to check you have been paid. To do so you are asked to
provide a fingerprint (biometric). Great news you have money in your account and
it is time to renew your car insurance and they want you to prove you are who
you say you are with a selfie. Next you decide to do your weekly shop but
before you can arrange delivery you need to use your secret combination of
emojis. Three different methods to authenticate. Suddenly passwords don’t seem
so bad!
For all their failings passwords are ubiquitous in our society. There
is an encouraging ground swell of support to displace them, but if they are to
be usurped it needs to be with something that has the potential to become just
as prolific and lasting, and crucially doesn’t cause the people who use them
pain.
Author: Fred Astfeldt, Winfrasoft
Somebody are probably still using passwords such as “123456” or for that matter “password.” Others aren’t being any more creative as they use their name, date of birth, or the keystrokes “qwertyuiop.” These can be easily guessed. Adding a “0” at the end of the password might seem like a winner idea, but that, too, is easily guessed.
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