Source : http://www.emmanuelsweb.com/2015/01/selfies-to-replace-passwords.html

Since the emergence of the internet, there has been many good and bad stories of it as well. But nonetheless the advantages are way more than the disadvantages.
Security as with every other area has been one of the negatively affected areas of the internet and in recent days there have been really worse issues as regards to cyber security.
Virtually half of the services on the internet requires one authentication or the other and this at most times leads to the being a member.
The primary authentication methods on most of these services are passwords and it has been bedeviled by lots of hack attempts in recent times which at most times ends up bringing negative results for the owners of such passwords.
On the heels of these negative development a United States Tech Company has put and are still putting efforts in place to see that something more secure replaces passwords, and that is YOU.
The company 1Uapps has actually developed a technology that allows you to use your selfie to login in to any of your online accounts. This means we are all going to be giving up on the traditional authentication means “PASSWORDS”.
And below is exactly how it works:
1U™ is a mobile application created to conveniently safeguard your usernames and passwords and make your online life easier. 1U™ is the only application to use a combination of state-of-the-art biometric technologies and Liveness Detection systems, leveraging the smartphone as the biometric acquisition device, to recognize who you are, and then quickly and securely log you into your favorite websites with our 1-Look™ technology. Once downloaded, the user will set up his or her biometric data linked to their unique device ID and email account, link it with their PC or laptop, and assign the secure websites that he or she would like to use 1U™ to access. You can view your site on the mobile device or on the computer.
You can find more information and an extended explanation of the technology on their website. www.1uapps.com

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