Windows 8's picture password system is a crazy idea that just might work

[Justin_Massoud]

Windows 8's picture password system is a crazy idea that just might work.

[newsimage]http://static.rankone.nl/images_posts/2011/12/CHQWZF.jpg[/newsimage]Ditching standard alphanumeric password strings sounds crazy, but that's just what Microsoft is doing with Windows 8. The Redmond software company's next big OS will let users sign in with just their smiling faces and a few swipes on a touch screen.


Read the full article here: [http://www.myce.com/news/windows-8s-picture-password-system-is-a-crazy-idea-that-just-might-work-56005/](http://www.myce.com/news/windows-8s-picture-password-system-is-a-crazy-idea-that-just-might-work-56005/)


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[olddancer]

Methinks that the folks at Microsoft need to find a better class alley from which to purchase their pharmaseuticals.

[geeky39]

I actually think its a cool idea and am willing to give it a try.

[josephwfrancis]

What type of dope are they smoking?

[Mr_Belvedere]

Already debunked. It also works with a piture of the face.

[coolcolors]

[QUOTE=Mr. Belvedere;2616293]Already debunked. It also works with a piture of the face.[/QUOTE]

My thoughts exactly the identity thieves couldn’t be more happier with this M$ improvement it makes their work easy to steal your identity and use it against you… what a joke… M8 will be labeled another Vista BLOAT…

[midders]

As my nephew pointed out to me the other day, most touchscreen pass gestures can be cracked by looking at the fingerprint smudges on the screen, so unless you’re anal about keeping your screen clean I don’t think it will be much of an improvement in the area of security.