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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 30 2018, @10:53AM (1 child)
Never really understood why OpenID didn't catch on... even for us techies you could setup your own service at home. Identify on your own system (with your own methods) and have access to any site that supports it.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday January 30 2018, @03:03PM
I wonder if this is back to the 'convenience' problem again?
You and I might not have a problem with using OpenID but the average user doesn't seem to care too much about security, especially if one looks at how they use social media! Unless everything is set up when they purchase the device they don't seem interested.