Microsoft Ditches Password Use In Longhorn

Microsoft's upcoming operating system, code-named 'Longhorn' could forego password authentication in favor of a two-fold approach. Tech support is about to get a whole new headache.

“Microsoft has revealed at a security  panel at CeBIT that it is preparing to dump passwords in favor of two-factor authentication in forthcoming versions of Windows.

Detlef Eckert, the senior director in charge of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing  initiative, did not specify which form of two-factor authentication would be used in the next edition of the company’s operating system, codenamed Longhorn. “

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