Forgot password? Awesome! Thank biometrics, for your body shall be your master key to everything.

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By the end of this decade, passwords will likely be dead. The expanding passwordless world is banking on biometrics to replace alphanumeric passwords for reasons spanning uniqueness, convenience, and ease of use. Despite not being a ‘secret’, biometrics are harder to fake, replicate, reuse, or transfer, making them a compelling solution to secure our digital lives.

Even as the concept of passwords was gaining popularity in the late 1960s — a few years after the text-based authentication method was used by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Hollywood was decades ahead. The industry was already fascinated with advanced technologies such as retina scans and voice- and face-recognition systems that could authenticate users. In the 1968 epic science-fiction film, titled, 2001: A Space Odyssey, one of

( Originally published on Nov 19, 2021 )

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Nov 22, 2021, 06:23 PM IST

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