The Internet of Things Is the Password Killer We've Been Waiting For

jfruh writes: You can't enter a password into an Apple Watch; the software doesn't allow it, and the UI would make doing so difficult even if it did. As we enter the brave new world of wearable and embeddable devices and omnipresent 'headless' computers, we may be seeing the end of the password as we know it. What will replace it? Well, as anyone who's ever unlocked car door just by reaching for its handle with a key in their pocket knows, the answer may be the embeddable devices themselves.

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Re:I'm working on apps without passwords

[AuMatar]

ANd if they want to use their account on multiple devices? On their actual PC? On a PC at a firend's house or library?

And email recovery- laughable. If they lost their phone, which was almost definitely logged into their email, then they've lost everything.

Please name your apps, so I can be sure never to use them.

RFID tags, obviously

[penguinoid]

Just implant yourself with an RFID tag. As a bonus, it will also reduce the chance that a surveillance camera misidentifies someone as you.

True, in a sense...

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

In the sense that both 'the internet of things' and 'passwords' can be described as "an egregiously maldesigned and actively user-hostile security clusterfuck; typically bodged together by people who don't know, don't care, or both", I suppose that 'IoT' would be a worthy successor.

In all other respects, what a load of tedious, meandering, bullshit to arrive at some vacuous generalities about a vaguely described non-solution.

Re:True, in a sense...

[gstoddart]

Yeah, the IoT is a lightweight proof of concept which nobody yet knows what to do with but are otherwise hoping catches on because it really sounds cool.

The problem with being a lightweight proof of concept is there is pretty much zero security in them thus far.

Derpa derp, internet of things, this is people spitballing about what it might be if it ever comes to pass.

The internet of things isn't even as far as being a solution in search of a problem. It's a construct desperately trying to become real enough to try to have a solution in search of a problem.

The only people who care about the internet of things are the people trying to tell us how awesome the internet of things will be.

Using it for security? Not bloody likely.

Re:I'm working on apps without passwords

[linuxrocks123]

Dude, he's not running a f*cking bank. He's obviously talking about a system for some phone toy like Angry Birds. Do you care if I can get into your Angry Birds account? Probably not much.

He's describing a system that is good enough for phone toys and things that require similarly low security. Like apparently Slashdot, which lets you perma-login with a browser cookie and redirects https to http rather than the other way around.