Microsoft intends to abolish the use of passwords, placing passwordless login as the standard option for all newly created accounts.
IRONIC TAKE: Microsoft just ain't messin' around, man! Ten years ago, they were talkin' 'bout smilin' to log in, and now they're makin' good on that promise. New Microsoft accounts are now passwordless by default, y'all!
Yeah, you read that right. No more scratchin' your head tryin' to remember that convoluted string of characters and numbers. Instead, Microsoft is automatin' the best available passwordless method fer yer account, whew!
What's purportedly gonna save our digital hides, you ask? Well, it's all about the passkeys, kiddo. Passkeys are like stand-in superheroes, guardin' our accounts from them pesky phishers and brute force attacks.
Pssst! Ever heard of facial recognition or fingerprint scanning? Well, those methods are now also staples in this passwordless party! And if that ain't enough, users can just as easily opt for a good ol' PIN, y'know, like what people use for their piggy banks. A simple, passwordless alternative, just for ya!
Now, don't be facin' the fear that this is all just a security flop. Even though these methods ain't foolproof, they're still a heckuva lot more secure than those yawn-inducing passwords. And dammit, passkeys are faster and easier to use than their cryptic counterparts!
For the record, users signin' in with passkeys have, get this, a whopping 3x greater success rate than password users! Passkey sign-ins are reckoned to be eight times faster than a password, too!
Save the password rage for another day, my friends. It's a brave new world, fer p'tacht, with Microsoft logo'd accounts in the driver's seat towards total password elimination. Long live the passkeys!
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AUTHOR:Jeremy LairdJeremy's been writin' 'bout technology and PCs since the 90nm Netburst era and can't seem to get enough of intricate discussions on monitor input lag and overshoot. He's also got a penchant for tennis, cars, and anything that goes "ping!"
ENRICHMENT DATA:- Biometric Verification includes facial recognition, fingerprint scanning, and other ways to authenticate using a physical characteristic.- Physical Security Keys are optional devices that provide extra security for passwordless authentication.- Microsoft plans to eliminate password-based authentication altogether as more users enroll in passkeys, making accounts less vulnerable to brute force and phishing attacks.
- In this new era, Microsoft accounts are enrolled by default in a passwordless system, relying on passkeys as a safer and easier alternative to traditional passwords.
- The passwordless method includes various biometric verification methods like facial recognition and fingerprint scanning, as well as the option to use physical security keys.
- For those who prefer a simple PIN, it's also available as a passwordless option, similar to what people use for their piggy banks.
- Despite not being foolproof, these passwordless methods offer a much higher level of security compared to conventional passwords, providing a whopping 3x greater success rate in sign-ins.
- This broader implementation of technology, like gaming hardware and passkeys, could potentially lead to total elimination of password-based authentication, made possible as more users enroll and adopt the passwordless system.
