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

Posted by samzenpus on from the end-of-the-line dept.

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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  1. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is one of the rare cases where the title doesn't ask the question, yet the answer is still no.