http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/obama-s-cyber-czar-wants-to-replace-passwords-with-selfies-20141009
BY BRENDAN SASSO
National Journal
October 9, 2014
The Obama administration's top cybersecurity official wants to get rid of
passwords.
"Frankly, I would love to kill the password dead as a primary security
method, because it's terrible," said Michael Daniel, the White House
cybersecurity coordinator, during a discussion Thursday hosted by the
Center for National Policy and The Christian Science Monitor.
So what would replace the password? Daniel suggested that "selfies" would
be one possibility. A device could scan a photo of a person's face and
grant access only to the right one.
"You could use the cameras on cell phones, which are now ubiquitous, so
the selfies are used for something besides posting on Facebook," Daniel
said.
Fingerprint scanners, which are already in use on iPhones, are another
possibility, Daniel said.
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