This is true but that's why Microsoft is trying to do away with passwords. Iris scanning done properly would be the ultimate security. And the MS phone would act as your single point of security. If lost or stolen at least it couldn't be used. And a new iris scan on your new phone will load up your phone exactly how you had it and disable the other phone.
Hmm, what happens when there are changes environmental or genetical that causes said iris scan to become defunct and the individual has not used or set up any other authentication methods?
As lets face it, unless there are fail safes put in place and made mandatory during oobe most people will take the easiest approach.
You have way more problems without phones these days. I mean anyone can steal your identity. I don't see how adding extra measures would make it worse. Your personal stuff can get stolen whether online or anywhere, That's something you have to accept.
Of course, however biometric data cannot be easily replaced as a bunch of digits :winktongue: or a say a facebook account.
Microsoft has been attacked about security for years. They have always been at a point where they already had their operating system built and all they could do is patch things. Now they are building it from bottom to top with security in mind. These guys have decades of security experience. They have been running malware tools on all windows scanning and providing information as to how malware/viruses work. They built their OS around that. And sure people will be attacking the system trying to find loop holes but that's like with anything.
As rightly pointed there is no such as being completely secure, anything human made has flaws be it intentional or by accidental design. Hence why there are always iterations i.e Wi Fi encryption. Regardless one would imagine Windows 10 would be more secure than the previous iterations however without "really" testing it, one cannot say for certain it is.
So you either don't have a presence on the net or you do. Your phone has become like a wallet, you always carry it with you. It's just going to become your virtual wallet and identity.
Actually you could get by without an online presence however as companies including social networking sites into their background checks that is no longer a possibility. I find it ridiculous that companies are placing more and more emphasis into looking into your social life as opposed your experience and hard earned credentials. There are several sector's why this should be standard practice however for your run-of-the-mill jobs such as admin doesn't warrant such an intrusion into your social life. Never the less that is not the topic of discussion here.
Your phone has become like a wallet, you always carry it with you. It's just going to become your virtual wallet and identity.
Japan, have had this in place for decades so if anything that is an example countries should follow by but based on past trends it will take years if not decades for that to happen. For instance the US only just started gearing to the chip & pin system, a system other countries have been using for also decades.
You can't try to hold back the future because you fear it. Identifying yourself in the current world is broken. You get a bunch of id's after filling out a bunch of papers and providing some evidence it is you. What is the one that that guarantees it's you?
Haha, not afraid however one needs to take a slow pragmatic approach to ensure we don't end up in a much more dire situation - the movie Identity thief as funny as it was shows lightly how the broken current system is - this extract sums it in my opinion:
"Oh, no, we don't go get anyone.
Let me walk you out.
See, we're Denver PD.
All we do is open and close the case.
Now, if she buys
something on Amazon,
then Seattle PD
would investigate.
Your mobile company's in Ohio,
then Cleveland PD handles that.
Then so on and so forth
for every single theft."
Of course that is not saying a fraud team will
not investigate or there won't be any collaborative efforts, but it could be ages before things are finally put right.
Your biological identity. That's something that can't be easily faked. yet...
Which is why security is more paramount than ever before, as once you lose access to your bio-metrics then what happens?
If you thought getting a new social security number was a hassle....
, in essence it is the kinect 2.0 camera shrunk down with only your face being the vocal point not your skeletal anatomy.
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