Windows 8′s Newest Feature Yet, Picture Password
Vinh Nguyen
Posted on December 17th, 2011
Windows 8‘s newest feature yet that Windows 7 and other major operating systems won’t have is to allow users to sign into their accounts with picture password. Before you say, “Hey, that doesn’t seem to be that secure,” it turns out Microsoft is coupling touch gestures with picture password so it won’t be too easy as in just selecting the correct picture password. If I’m not straying too far from facts, then each user should be able to log in faster with picture password by gesturing with at least three different touch gestures on a specific picture password. Administrators can turn off the picture password feature if they favor text password feature. To prevent hackers from illegally attaining easy remote login, Windows 8 automatically disables picture password…