Educational Technology

March 20, 2013

Google Wants to Replace All Your Passwords with a Ring

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:40 am

By Tom Simonite, Technology Review

The world’s largest search engine is now experimenting with jewelry that would eliminate the need to remember dozens of passwords. Passwords remain the standard method of protecting personal accounts, but people struggle to remember them, and they are often stored insecurely. As part of research into doing away with typed passwords, Google has built rings that not only adorn a finger but also can be used to log in to a computer or online account. The search and ad company first revealed its plans to put an end to passwords in an academic paper published online in January (see “Google’s Alternative to the Password”). The effort focused on having people plug a small USB key that provides their credentials into a computer. The possibility of using special jewelry in a similar manner was mentioned in that paper.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512051/google-wants-to-replace-all-your-passwords-with-a-ring/

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