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A global study from IBM Security examining consumer perspectives around digital identity and authentication today, found that people now prioritize security over convenience when logging into applications and devices.
Generational differences also emerged showing that younger adults are putting less care into traditional password hygiene, yet are more likely to use biometrics, multifactor authentication and password managers to improve their personal security.
With millennials quickly becoming the largest generation in today's workforce, these trends may impact how employers and technology companies provide access to devices and applications in the near future. Overall, respondents recognized the benefits of biometric technologies like fingerprint readers, facial scans and voice recognition, as threats to their digital identity continue to mount.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2018/01/29/authentication-today/
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @05:32AM
Biometrics are a really really bad idea. I think we're all kind of influenced by the old sci-fi and thriller media where people login to things using retinal scans, voice checks, and other things. It seemed really cool and futuristic so naturally we want to go that way. In reality biometrics are like using the exact same password on every site you go to. Technology to spoof biometrics already exists and at that point literally every single device you've "secured" with it becomes broken. And unlike passwords, you can't simply change your biometrics.