When Android first came up with face recognition it was a gimmick; half of the time it didn't work, it took too long, you needed the right amount of light, etc etc. But I can confidently say that Microsoft's implementation is nothing like it, they've actually made it work.
I mean, fingerprints aren't that much more secure in a technical sense, but at least a lot of people don't actively post images of their fingerprints to all their social media accounts.
This is designed for home users who don't have security requirements that make them carry around OTP devices just to see their desktop.
I mean, you can argue that passwords are pretty easy to copy as well -- you just need a video camera facing at the keyboard for a day or three.
There's nothing else going on here beyond "think about Windows Hello, please". Is this really what we want HN to be about?
I guess it is an appropriate submission for Hac-- er I mean "Left-Facebook-Logged-In"-er News
Retry, abort, or fail
He probably just thought it was a neat side effect.
https://www.cnil.fr/en/windows-10-cnil-publicly-serves-forma...
What pin is this talking about? The only pin I see related to my account is a 6-digit one that the Google authenticator app generates.
Is this some kind of enterprise feature?
Criminal defense 101: Don't talk to the police. Don't admit anything, including any sort admission of owning a phone. If they can use your face/finger to unlock a phone, that proves it is your phone. Even if you one day want to admit owning that phone, do not allow them to unlock it without your permission. The unlocking of any device should only happen after negotiations with the assistance of counsel, not at 2am in a parking lot. Use some sort of memorized password/pattern.
