Call this not a threat but a possible salvation. Increasingnumbers of experts are giving up on the traditionalusername/password login and are beginning to look at devicesthemselves as possible authenticators of identity.

As for the problem with traditional logins, many experts pointto the recent wave of massive cyber breaches – at Adobe, LexisNexis, Dun & Bradstreet and Kroll Background Americaas for instances. Exact details of the how-to of the breaches hasnot been released but in past cases often the key that unlocks thecomputers is when an employee inadvertently gives up his/her login,through keylogging or social engineering.

Thus the rising despair about old-fashioned logins.

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