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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Passwords Under Threat As Tech Giants Seek Tougher Security

Security researchers hope stuffing passwords with special characters and numbers will soon be history (Credit: AFP)

Fingerprints, access keys and facial recognition are putting a new squeeze on passwords as the traditional computer security method -- but also running into public hesitancy.

"The password era is ending," two senior figures at Microsoft wrote in a July blog post.

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