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What is Windows Hello? Microsoft’s biometrics security system explained

Posted on November 29, 2018 by pogowasright.org

Matt Kapko and Matthew Finnegan report:

Windows Hello is a biometrics-based technology that enables Windows 10 users to authenticate secure access to their devices, apps, online services and networks with just a fingerprint, iris scan or facial recognition. The sign-in mechanism is essentially an alternative to passwords and is widely considered to be a more user friendly, secure and reliable method to access critical devices, services and data than traditional logins using passwords.

Read more on Computerworld.

As Joe Cadillic writes to me:

Give Microsoft your facial biometrics and fingerprints what could possibly go
wrong?

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