On this International Change Your Password Day, let's take a look at some of the persistent limitations of traditional passwords, which are widely used but unfortunately vulnerable:
- Limited complexity: All too often, simple passwords are chosen, opening the door to attacks.
- Reuse of passwords: The bad habit of reusing the same passwords, for different services, exposes users to widespread risks if a single password is compromised.
- Requirement to memorize passwords: The proliferation of online services means that many passwords need to be memorized, encouraging insecure practices.
- Password managers: While representing a solution to memory failure, they are also highly vulnerable to intrusion and cyberattacks, as they are the first to be targeted.
- Periodic expiry: Regular password change policies can reduce overall security by encouraging predictable choices.
- Password recovery: Recovery mechanisms based on personal security questions are vulnerable to malicious individuals who have obtained information about users' personal lives.
To overcome these limitations, Veintree's authentication solution eliminates the need for passwords, replacing them with unique tokens generated by scans of your hand’s veins.
Upon registration to a service, secure digital locks that are specific to each application are erected, and each time that same service is used afterwards, a unique key (or authentication token) is again created with the same hand, guaranteeing optimum security at every stage.
This is a new form of biometrics that Veintree calls Biometrics 3.0, because it is untraceable, has no biometric database, no image comparison, and is without identification, in addition to being resistant to computer attacks, even those emanating from quantum computers.