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Passwords, as a security login credential, have been falling out fashion recently as we\u2019ve seen a number of key password policies change. We saw Microsoft realize that constantly pushing users to change their password every few months wasn\u2019t necessarily the most secure way of doing things<\/a>, before then announcing last month that Windows 10 users can make their devices password free<\/a>, should they wish.<\/p>\n It now looks like another massive player on the tech scene, Google, is about to do something similar that could potentially see over a billion users turn their backs on passwords<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ultimate Online Privacy Guide<\/p>\r\n Read Now \u25ba<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n As more and more Android devices are being built with fingerprint sensors it makes sense for Google to pivot Android towards using them more often. Passwords have long been the go-to security credential, but this is because we\u2019ve had personal computing devices for decades now while biometric security measures have been reserved for Hollywood depictions of nuclear bunkers or galactic spaceships.<\/p>\n Passwords have inherent security flaws built into them. The biggest such flaw is human error. We\u2019re prone to choose a simple password that is easy to remember but that, unfortunately, is also easy to crack. Microsoft recently changed this policy but until recently we\u2019ve often had to update our passwords every six months. This then leads many of us to write down our new passwords on post-it notes and stick them somewhere on our desk.<\/p>\n It isn\u2019t all human error though. Passwords need to be stored on servers, which can then be breached or hacked. We\u2019ve seen a multitude of such breaches in recent years, from the ridiculously scaled Yahoo data breach<\/a> to the recent story about Google leaving certain user passwords unprotected for over 14 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n ![](\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/image\/upload\/q_auto:eco\/v1559662280\/editorial\/privacy_lock_192.webp\")
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