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Lenovo, Intel, PayPal and Synaptics Team up on Password-Free Authentication

posted by martyb on Friday September 30 2016, @09:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the bimoetrics!=password dept.

butthurt writes:

PaymentEye and EWeek report on the partnership of Lenovo, Intel, Synaptics and PayPal. Lenovo Yoga 910 laptop computers are fitted with Intel processors and Synaptics fingerprint readers. PayPal will allow sign-ins using the FIDO (fast identity online) protocols. With the so-called "biometric" system, people can be identified without the use of passwords and without sending their fingerprint data over the Internet.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by opinionated_science on Friday September 30 2016, @04:13PM

    by opinionated_science (4031) on Friday September 30 2016, @04:13PM (#408424)

    So the police/govt can compel your fingerprint but not your password.

    I think that killed biometrics quite effectively (for me!) ...

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