Windows 8 Picture Passwords & Security

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  Gandalf

  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

  This topic was covered on VoiCE -
  
  #-Link-Snipped-#
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  PraveenKumar Purushothaman

  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

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

  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

  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

  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 !!!