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Soon You Could Unlock Windows 10 PCs Without Remembering Passwords

Some Windows 10 PCs allow you to set PIN Code and other ID for locking the device but soon it’ll become a standard.

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If you’ve got issues remembering passwords, then Microsoft might probably have good news for you in the near future. The company is reportedly planning to make computers running Windows 10 operating system password-less and replace it with Windows Hello face authentication, fingerprints, or a PIN code.

While the company has been working on removing passwords from Windows 10 and its Microsoft Accounts for a several months now, the next major update to Windows 10 in 2020 would go one step further, The Verge reported on Thursday.

The software giant believes that a PIN code is far more secure than a password, even if it seems more simple to use a four-digit code with far less risks of it being leaked online.

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For an individual user, Windows 10 stores a private key on a device with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which is a secure chip that keeps a PIN local to the user's device only and while servers can be compromised and passwords stolen, a Windows Hello PIN would not be affected, the report said.

In addition, Microsoft's decision of making Windows 10 powerless would also extend to business users through Azure Active Directory, allowing businesses to go fully password-less with security keys, the authenticator app, or Windows Hello.

If the feature is finally rolled-out next year and it works as intended, the password option would simply disappear from the login screen, if users decide to opt in to this new "make your device password-less" option.

Biometrics are usually seen as safer means of securing devices, something that has become prevalent with smartphone these days, and it’s high time that PCs sign up for a password-less future, for the sake of the user.

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