Windows 8 Picture Passwords & Security

Kaustubh Katdare

Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Oct 8, 2024
Window 8 will have a new way of entering your passwords. The system works as follows -
1. First you're allowed to select a picture from your photo library.
2. Then you're asked to perform a series of gestures and then repeat them to confirm the sequence.
3. The picture password is now saved.
4. Upon your next login; you will be presented with the same picture and you'll have to perform the gesture in the same sequence to login.




Do you think this method of login is secure? Can this be cracked?
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  • Gandalf

    Gandalf

    @gandalf-RPhbu3 • Dec 18, 2011

    I think it would be really difficult to crack the gesture

    But we could crack the written password and reset the gesture !!!
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  • Ankita Katdare

    Ankita Katdare

    @abrakadabra • Dec 18, 2011

    This topic was covered on VoiCE -

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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    @praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Dec 18, 2011

    This is a very complex algorithm they have devised and another problem with this is, what if you cannot reproduce the same gestures / environment? It is a kinect based algo and still it is in its beta stages! 😔
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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Kaustubh Katdare

    @thebigk • Dec 18, 2011

    Maybe in future, we'll have to make weird faces in front of our computer to login 😒
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  • Gandalf

    Gandalf

    @gandalf-RPhbu3 • Dec 18, 2011

    Praveen-Kumar
    This is a very complex algorithm they have devised and another problem with this is, what if you cannot reproduce the same gestures / environment? It is a kinect based algo and still it is in its beta stages! 😔
    I think there should be a way to reset it using the written password
    since it is used while creating it
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    @praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Dec 18, 2011

    Gandalf
    I think there should be a way to reset it using the written password
    since it is used while creating it
    Yes there is, but then it becomes less secure as cracking a written password! 😔
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  • Gandalf

    Gandalf

    @gandalf-RPhbu3 • Dec 18, 2011

    Praveen-Kumar
    Yes there is, but then it becomes less secure as cracking a written password! 😔
    Yes , you are right
    i had posted it earlier

    I think it would be really difficult to crack the gesture

    But we could crack the written password and reset the gesture !!!
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