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Passphoto, A Better Way of User Authentication

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In this era of Internet of Things, all facets of technology are evolving at incredible paces. Yet at the heart of all digital security, the arcane tech of Password still remains. No matter the advancements in cryptography, or innovations on authentication, often times the last line of defense standing between you and a stolen account is your password.

By now most people know that passwords are very unsafe, especially the easy to guess ones. But why do people keep on using easy to guess passwords? Because with all the different places you’d need your passwords, complicated ones only serve to lock yourself out. And this is the heart of the problem, password’s convenience comes at a price of its security.

With the advent of Passphoto, users no longer have to make that trade off. Your last line of defense should be both convenient and secure at the same time. Passphoto in most cases can completely and seamlessly replace any password based authentication systems.

What is Passphoto?
Most photos today are created and stored digitally. Each photo, unless it’s an exact copy, has a unique signature. Its data string in terms of 0s and 1s, are unique for each photo. With today’s camera, a photo’s converted data string can be as long as War and Peace. Imagine, your password instead of being 12 characters long, is now comprised of random characters longer than the longest book ever written, yet you can easily remember it in the form of a photo. This is Passphoto.

Passphoto is Much More Secure
Having your password comprised of random characters the length of a book needless to say is much harder to guess than, say, your birthday. But the real security lays when a database is compromised. Millions of account and passwords can be stolen at once. In the event of a compromised database, Passphoto will still be able to safeguard your personal information. Passphoto data strings can’t be cracked even with the best computers running brute force algorisms and using rainbow tables. With the quantum computing age arriving soon, the security that a Passphoto system can offer is even more magnified.

Passphoto Retains the Ease of Use
Even though Passphoto is much more secure than your traditional password, it does not take away the convenience of a password. Passphoto does not require users to carry external authenticators, nor asks users to download authenticating Apps to provide the extra security. As long as you have access to the same photo on your devices, and most people do these days via cloud services, you can authenticate as quickly, if not faster than using passwords. A simple click on a photo, instead of having to key in passwords with a mixture of numbers, symbols, and characters with upper and lower cases.

Passphoto Is Cross-platform
Part of the reason why the password system is still at the heart of all security, is that it is still the only true cross-platform solution. Even with the most advanced facial recognition software, or retina scanning technology, they fail when your device doesn’t have a camera. You can’t voice recognize when there is no microphone, and you can’t fingerprint authenticate when there is no fingerprint scanner. Passphoto does not require extra hardware such as cameras or fingerprint scanners in order to function. And because of this, it works on computers, laptops, mobile devices alike.

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US 9571486

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