Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

Weariness of passwords sees biometric expansion

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 in News

Computer with built-in fingerprint readers sales have risen 91% in recent months, according to a Silicon article. Findings from a survey showed many feel this jump in sales is due mostly as a result of computer users tiring of dealing with numerous passwords or pass phrases.

The survery also showed that many of those who did not report tiring of passwords reported that they are overly careless with their computer security choosing high risk passwords such as “password” and/or sharing their passwords with coworkers and friends.

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