Microsoft developing new way to login on tablets
Software giant,
Microsoft is planning to develop a new way to log in to its tablet
computers instead of tradition way of typing software.
he company is
working on a mechanism in which it will allow users to log in using
gestures on the screen. A user will be able to choose a photo and
perform certain gestures in the right order of taps, lines, and circles
in order to log in.
Some are raising questions on the safety of the system but as many
users reply on simple predictable passwords, the gesture based system
could prove to be more secure than passwords. The company admits that
smudges on the screen or recording devices could allow others to
determine the gestures but said that the risks are very low.
Analysts say that the system is not secure enough as the gestures on a
screen of a tablet can be recorded from a distance by anyone. Company
officials have said on the Building Windows 8 blog that there are some
ways to break the security under the system but the presence of a vast
number of password combinations could make the system more secure than
the password system used in most devices.
The company has released
a video showing Microsoft program manager Zach Pace logging in to a
tablet with a family photo by various gestures on the picture. The
demonstration also shows an option to switch to regular password login.
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