Are 'Passwords' Dying? How Secure The 'Passwords Of Future' Be?
There were days when Internet used to be a lot simpler. There would be web pages and simple email services that would let you in after you entered your username and a 'password'. The password would be made strong with the use of cases, alpha-numeric key combinations mixed with special characters. But in the last few years (or months), the Internet has evolved a lot. You no longer can rely on simple text-based passwords for security. Paypal's CTO believes that the days of your regular passwords are numbered and the world will soon have to adopt a combination of hardware+software based user authentication.
What this means is that it might become a 'norm' that you will have to use bio-metric or iris scanners to add an extra level of security for your Internet accounts. From what I read on various sources on the Internet, there's a lot of research going on, on Internet account security mechanisms.
This thread is about discussing passwords of the future. What advances do you expect and how will they replace the traditional textual passwords?
What this means is that it might become a 'norm' that you will have to use bio-metric or iris scanners to add an extra level of security for your Internet accounts. From what I read on various sources on the Internet, there's a lot of research going on, on Internet account security mechanisms.
This thread is about discussing passwords of the future. What advances do you expect and how will they replace the traditional textual passwords?
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Divya Nairsomething like face recognition or finger print recognition. -
GandalfThe Bcrypt algorithm in one of your posts ensures that password is not broken very easily , at an average it would take at least a year or two to break in.
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Kaustubh Katdare
Well, there are several ways you can keep on encrypting existing passwords. What if you simply install a 'keylogger' on your machine? Maybe we'll need a way to secure our keyboard inputs as well.GandalfThe Bcrypt algorithm in one of your posts ensures that password is not broken very easily , at an average it would take at least a year or two to break in.
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Gandalf
yes using a key scrambler , virtual non standard keyboards will solve that as used by banks in net banking now, since they are random difficult to detect , may helpKaustubh KatdareWell, there are several ways you can keep on encrypting existing passwords. What if you simply install a 'keylogger' on your machine? Maybe we'll need a way to secure our keyboard inputs as well.
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Sanyam KhuranaEncrypting will help for now, but as the technology advances, soon we have to look for other alternatives, imagine, if we were in 2001 or so, we would be talking about using alpha numeric characters and symbols, now in 2013 we are searching of ways to become more secure and thinking of using face detection and figer print matching, iris verification or even something like heart beat detection so as to ensure the person is actually real authenticator...
Later around 2030's I think we would also be using voice recognition, some special image matching and other things.
In short as the technology is advancing, we are adding more layers of security to our accounts, simply because, hackers are also advancing.
I think in future, just to check a mail also, we have to pass around 8-10 layers of security (minimum) which would take around 5 minutes. #Serioustimewastage but #HigherProtection. -
lal
Later around 2030's I think we would also be using voice recognition, some special image matching and other things.
In 2030 it would be DNA matching 😁 -
Sanyam Khurana
That's why I mentioned , Various Other Things, and It would take us about 10 minutes just to Log In, all will be Trolled 😛lalIn 2030 it would be DNA matching 😁 -
lalWho knows! may be the whole concept of passwords will be replaced. Think of carrying a solid key 😁 Just like opening any other real life locks, put the key in a slot on CPU and turn; even turning in a particular pattern for added security! And Bingo, sign in! ☕
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Sanyam Khurana
Imagination ran Wild !! 😁lalWho knows! may be the whole concept of passwords will be replaced. Think of carrying a solid key 😁 Just like opening any other real life locks, put the key in a slot on CPU and turn; even turning in a particular pattern for added security! And Bingo, sign in! ☕ -
Ankita KatdareAnyone here heard of Honeyword passcodes here? Security experts have proposed a simple way for websites to better secure highly sensitive databases used to store user passwords: the creation of false “honeyword†passcodes that when entered would trigger alarms that account hijacking attacks are underway.
Via : #-Link-Snipped-#
We need to discuss the security of the databases that have passwords saved as well. 😨
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