With data breaches costing billions, the pressure is on to find more foolproof ways to verify someone's identity.
Intuit, for example, lets users sign into its mobile apps with aor their phone’s passcode instead of a password. Your fingerprint or screen lock can access some Google services on Pixel and Android 7+ devices.
Balasubramaniyan predicts several pieces of information will be used to verify identity. Machines will analyze our speech patterns or scan our fingerprints. We’ll also be identified by something we have and something we do . “It’s going to be scary,” he says, but, “it’s time for consumers to demand a higher level of privacy and security.”Secret words to tell friend from foe have been around since ancient times and, in the early days of the internet, they made a lot of sense.
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