24-05-2016 14:54 via theguardian.com

Google aims to kill passwords by the end of this year

Android users will be able to log in to services using a combination of their face, typing patterns and how they move Google will begin testing an alternative to passwords next month, in a move that could do away with complicated logins for good.The new feature, introduced to developers at the company’s I/O conference, is called the Trust API, and will initially be tested with “several very large financial institutions” in June, according to Google’s Daniel Kaufman. Conti
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