“Passwords stink,” Brian X. Chen reports for The New York Times. “Not only are passwords weak protection against break-ins, they are also tough to memorize when complex, and a pain to reset when you forget them.”
“But when I set up my new iPhone 6 earlier this week, I took a glimpse into a future without passwords. It was replaced with something no one could easily replicate, and something that was with me at all times: my fingerprint,” Chen reports. “By following a few steps, I was able to set up my iPhone to log into websites I regularly use with a touch of my finger. No more passwords. I was relieved when I effortlessly logged in to my bank, my Facebook profile and my Amazon account.”
“One caveat: Setting up the device to accept fingerprints for entering passwords was not very simple. It required installing the free third-party app 1Password on my iPhone,” Chen reports. “Then I had to follow some steps to create a shortcut to 1Password that could be accessed inside Apple’s Safari web browser.”
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