Microsoft Planning To Kill Passwords In Windows 10

Microsoft Planning To Kill Passwords In Windows 10

Microsoft introduces a biometric authentication in Windows 10 which helps users sign in using their user ID and simply authentic the password using smartphones.

Windows Hello, an exclusive feature from Windows 10 will use biometric authentication to log users into PCs. Users can access to their Windows phones, laptops, and personal computers by scanning their face, iris or fingerprints.

Microsoft, announced this feature on Tuesday, assured that user’s biometric data will be locally stored on the device and that it will be kept confidential to make sure personal data is safe from hackers.

Users have to remember many passwords to log into their various accounts. The use of biometric authentication provides an easy and more secure way to get access to PCs and services.

Use of biometric authentication is widely used in mobile phones now and this will be expanded to PCs too. Apple’s Apple Pay currently uses fingerprint detection to make online payments and ZTE has introduced iris detection to authenticate for its Grand S3 smartphone. But for PCs, passwords remain the age old technique to log into the PCs and services.

The upcoming biometric authentication technology will work with accounts already registered with Microsoft and services which are connected to the company’s Azure cloud service.

Microsoft has recently unveiled another feature Outlook Group’s feature iOS, Mac, and Android OS versions. With this, users can view their group lists, read and reply to group conversations and also view unread messages sent to groups and more.