In the greatly desirable move to eventually step away from password use, the company is rejecting bio-based sign ins. Gregg Stefancik, a Facebook engineer, has now revealed that while he would like to eventually bring the social media company away from its reliance on traditional passwords for security, he would find that QR codes are a far superior replacement, particularly when compared to biometrics, which are being considered – and already used – by other companies. In fact, Stefancik was greatly and vocally opposed to the use of biometrics for…
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QR codes could be getting more secure with authentication
A new method of authentication that uses SQRL could one day remove the need for user names and passwords. Virtually every website that needs to keep its individual accounts secure uses logins and passwords to accomplish that goal, but a new system using QR codes for authentication is now suggesting that it could conveniently replace that standard. The solution would replace the old authentication system with one that is intuitive and safe, say proponents. The people supporting the SQRL (Secure QR Login, which uses QR codes as a part of…
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