Microsoft patents picture based passwords for Windows 82011-09-21 09:14 by DanielaTags: Windows 8, authentication
The software giant Microsoft owns the patent rights for sketch-based password authentication for its upcoming Windows 8 operating system. The patent was approved yesterday, giving Microsoft legal protection for its novel approach to device security. The new graphical authentication relies on the user to draw a series of patterns to log in. It recognises the patterns, both in terms of size and location, saves them as a password authenticator, and then requires the use to employ those gestures again in order to gain entry. The technology will only recognise taps, straight lines and circles, but that will be sufficient for creating detailed and unique picture-based passwords. Eventually more complex movements like the familiar screen pinch might be added to give users greater control over their password choices. Read more -here-
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