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Here's How Google Plans To Ice The Password

Jan 18, 2013, 23:11 IST

Instagram/lexivillagranaIn a forthcoming issue of IEEE Security and Privacy, a technical journal, Google engineers will publish a paper detailing how they plan to get rid of passwords, reports Wired.

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Basically they plan to do this using jewelry.

Yep—one day, the ring on your finger might be able to log you in to Google services with a tap on your computer.

It seems that passwords are only getting harder to remember and easier to crack.

This industrywide problem became a deeply personal issue for a member of Wired's staff: Writer Mat Honan's digital life was compromised very publicly when hackers took over his Twitter account, deleted his Gmail account, and remotely wiped his iPhone and Mac.

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A physical hardware solution keeps your data safer—as long as you don't lose the object.

Google is currently testing this out using YubiKey login devices that look like extra-small USB drives.

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