Most of my accounts are on forums which u have to register before viewing so every once in a while when i have to use them password has to be reset. I heard there are some sites that provide you account for such forums and sites.
Accounts I use rarely, like specific ticket sites, I don't even bother to remember the password. I just ask for a re-set. It's not like I really need to keep those kinds of accounts secure.
May be that backup security system is a weak link. There are many security solutions avalable but at the end password is going to be the ultimate backup so you come back to the point where you started from.
And there are always a few people (a handful?!) whose fingerprints don't "take" with fingerprint biometric systems, for some reason. Yet another reason you need at least one backup security system.
"do you recommend this facial recognition software ? How did you unlock when it failed to identify you and gave an error, does it have alternate login method ?"
@AnandY: Just like you do if you forget your password - you use an alternate method to recover the password. This is what you can do here as well. It can ask you for a PIN or a code to recover the password.
"I took the picture of a friend on my mobile and put the screen on his phone's camera and it unlocked. See not a very good option after all."
@Usman: The camera is able to compare the light on the picture that you're using to authenticate and the light in the room. If there's a disconnect than it won't authenticate. This is how it may be able to distinguish between an actual person and a picture being used to authenticate.
"But would it continue to work if the user suffered a hand injury -- even a minor one?"
@Mitch: I'm not sure about that one. I have a feeling the injury may interfere with authentication particularly if it makes the person unable to type with one of the fingers. But if the injury is a temporary one it may not matter.
As I always state when it comes to passwords, the best security methods include multi-factor authentication schemes. This way, you don't lose all security if one method is broken.
I've been using facial recognition to unlock the phone on my Samsung Nexus for quite a while and hardly it has given me any errors.
@taimur_tz, do you recommend this facial recognition software ? How did you unlock when it failed to identify you and gave an error, does it have alternate login method ?
tried using this technique but kept forgetting which account has which password. So i gave the job of remembring password to the browser. but for some accounts i have to recover password every time i have to login.
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