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DAVE44

Dave44 Win User

Making Windows 10 More Personal and More Secure with Windows Hello

When we started building Windows 10, the team spent a lot of time and energy thinking about how to make computing more personal. We want your devices to recognize you, to understand what you’re saying… we want the experience to go wherever you do and we want you to feel a great sense of TRUST as you go. We talked a bunch about these ideas on January 21, and today we’ve got another cool new “personal computing” feature to announce for Windows 10.

I’d like to introduce you to Windows Hello – biometric authentication which can provide instant access to your Windows 10 devices.* With Windows Hello, you’ll be able to just show your face, or touch your finger, to new devices running Windows 10 and be immediately recognized. And not only is Windows Hello more convenient than typing a password—it’s more secure! Our system enables you to authenticate applications, enterprise content, and even certain online experiences without a password being stored on your device or in a network server at all.
So how does it all work?

Windows Hello introduces system support for biometric authentication – using your face, iris, or fingerprint to unlock your devices – with technology that is much safer than traditional passwords. You– uniquely you– plus your device are the keys to your Windows experience, apps, data and even websites and services – not a random assortment of letters and numbers that are easily forgotten, hacked, or written down and pinned to a bulletin board. Modern sensors recognize your unique personal characteristics to sign-you-in on a supporting Windows 10 device.

Which devices, you ask? Well, there will be plenty of exciting new Windows 10 devices to choose from which will support Windows Hello. And, if your device already has a fingerprint reader, you’ll be able to use Windows Hello to unlock that device. For facial or iris detection, Windows Hello uses a combination of special hardware and software to accurately verify it is you – not a picture of you or someone trying to impersonate you. The cameras use infrared technology to identify your face or iris and can recognize you in a variety of lighting conditions.

Of course, convenience and simplicity should never sacrifice security and privacy. Windows Hello offers enterprise-grade security that will meet the requirements of organizations with some of the strictest requirements and regulations. It’s a solution that government, defense, financial, health care and other related organizations will use to enhance their overall security, with a simple experience designed to delight.

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Authenticating Applications, Enterprise Content and Online Experiences – Without Passwords
Today, passwords are the primary method most of us use to protect our personal information, but they are inconvenient and insecure. They are easily hackable and even when complex they are not effective, but most of us want something easy to remember, so we either choose a simple password or end up noting it down somewhere making it less secure. And, to be truly secure, you need to remember dozens of passwords to login to your many devices and services.

You may have seen recent press coverage about a single group collecting 1.2 billion user names and passwords from websites they hacked. This creates lousy odds in the hacker roulette for all of us – there are only about 2 billion people online today!

“Passport” is a code name for a programming system that IT managers, software developers and website authors can use to provide a more secure way of letting you sign-in to their sites or apps. Instead of using a shared or shareable secret like a password, Windows 10 helps to securely authenticate to applications, websites and networks on your behalf—without sending up a password. Thus, there is no shared password stored on their servers for a hacker to potentially compromise.
Windows 10 will ask you to verify that you have possession of your device before it authenticates on your behalf, with a PIN or Windows Hello on devices with biometric sensors. Once authenticated with “Passport”, you will be able to instantly access a growing set of websites and services across a range of industries – favorite commerce sites, email and social networking services, financial institutions, business networks and more.

“Passport” also will work with thousands of enterprise Azure Active Directory services at launch, and Microsoft has joined the FIDO alliance to support replacing passwords with a growing set of financial, consumer, and other security services over time. Windows 10 will also have industry-leading security and identity protection for enterprises, so they can deploy new Windows 10 devices with hardware necessary to use Windows Hello, enabling enterprise-grade protection of the device and more secure password-free authentication to enterprise line of business applications.

Using Windows Hello and “Passport” is your choice and you control whether to opt-in to use it. We understand how critical it is to protect your biometric data from theft, and for this reason your ‘biometric signature’ is secured locally on the device and shared with no one but you. It is only used to unlock your device and “Passport”, it is never used to authenticate you over the network.

We’re working closely with our hardware partners to deliver Windows Hello capable devices that will ship with Windows 10 and we are excited to announce that all OEM systems incorporating the Intel® RealSense™ 3D Camera (F200) will support the facial and iris unlock features of Windows Hello, including automatic sign-in to Windows, and support to unlock “Passport” without the need for a PIN.

We’re really excited about taking another step with Windows 10 to make computing more personal, and more secure, with Windows Hello and “Passport”.

*Windows Hello requires specialized hardware, including fingerprint reader, illuminated IR sensor or other biometric sensors.
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Dave44, Mar 16, 2015

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RUTH BURUGA

Ruth Buruga Win User

windows "hello option" not available on windows 10 home sl

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in using Windows 10.

You have to have a supporting hardware on your computer to get it work. Refer to the following link and check if that helps you.

Windows Hello

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/getstarted-what-is-hello

Making Windows 10 More Personal and More Secure with Windows Hello

Making Windows 10 More Personal and More Secure with Windows Hello - Windows Experience Blog

Hope this information helps you. Please do let us know if you need further assistance

Ruth Buruga, Mar 16, 2015

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ARUN B J

Arun B J Win User

set up camera to take picture when password is entered incorrectly

Hi Gavin,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern and will assist you to resolve this issue.

The option which you are refer to is not available as of now. You may always provide a feedback using the Feedback app in Windows 10.

However we have a secure and a easy way of accessing the account with Windows Hello, request you to refer these links to know more about it.

Making Windows 10 More Personal and More
Secure with Windows Hello

Making Windows 10 More Personal and More Secure with Windows Hello - Windows Experience Blog

Windows Hello and privacy: FAQ

Windows Hello und Datenschutz – Microsoft-Datenschutz

Hope this helps.

Arun B J, Mar 16, 2015

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GZT7D8

gzt7d8 Win User

Making Windows 10 More Personal and More Secure with Windows Hello

Hmmm, that could be interesting. Wonder when we'l see it.

gzt7d8, Mar 16, 2015

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BUNNYJ

BunnyJ New Member

Oh well.. a solution looking for a problem??

BunnyJ, Mar 16, 2015

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SAGGYMAGGYPOO

SaggyMaggyPoo Win User

Oh well.. a solution looking for a problem??
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You could be right.

SaggyMaggyPoo, Mar 16, 2015

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WINUSER

Winuser Win User

Oh well.. a solution looking for a problem??
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*Thumbs

Winuser, Mar 16, 2015

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BUNNYJ

BunnyJ New Member

Making Windows 10 More Personal and More Secure with Windows Hello

Things like that are nice but honestly,, I don't see myself making any use of that. What's so hard to enter a password??

BunnyJ, Mar 16, 2015

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ARC1020

ARC1020 Win User

When setting up facial recognition password, do it with your mouth wide open, one eye closed and your head sideways. If asked to unlock against your will, use head in 'normal' position. LOL.

Personally, I think I'll stick with "something you know". Don't want to have to worry about people stealing my head as well. *Biggrin

ARC1020, Mar 17, 2015

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CHRISA

chrisa Win User

Things like that are nice but honestly,, I don't see myself making any use of that. What's so hard to enter a password??
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Nothing at all.

But then, if you truly believe the actual entry of the password was the problem they were looking to solve, I'd be shocked.

The problem with passwords is they tend to be obscenely easy to hack and very easy to forget. By moving to biometric entry, it solves both problems by making the possible front-end permutations far more infinite, while at the same time not requiring you to remember the password for every site you've ever been to.. or the more common tactic of saving passwords in a local file.

Heck.. these days you might as well just put in garbage for your password that not even you will remember, set it to remember the information.. and when it finally wants you to enter it again weeks or months later, simply reset the password and do it again.

But seriously, the sooner we get away from passwords the better.

chrisa, Mar 17, 2015

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BUNNYJ

BunnyJ New Member

Nothing at all.

But then, if you truly believe the actual entry of the password was the problem they were looking to solve, I'd be shocked.

The problem with passwords is they tend to be obscenely easy to hack and very easy to forget. By moving to biometric entry, it solves both problems by making the possible front-end permutations far more infinite, while at the same time not requiring you to remember the password for every site you've ever been to.. or the more common tactic of saving passwords in a local file.

Heck.. these days you might as well just put in garbage for your password that not even you will remember, set it to remember the information.. and when it finally wants you to enter it again weeks or months later, simply reset the password and do it again.

But seriously, the sooner we get away from passwords the better.
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No.. the password is a nice way to protect a PC, IMO. I don't trust using a fingerprint and I don't think I want to spend money to get something to just do the same thing as entering a password. *Wink

And I can recall a password and I change mine so hacking is not an issue.. oh and I make mine complex also.

BunnyJ, Mar 17, 2015

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GROZE

groze Win User

Have you seen demolition man? Especially the part where the criminal uses an ATM. Enough said.

groze, Mar 17, 2015

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CHRISA

chrisa Win User

Making Windows 10 More Personal and More Secure with Windows Hello

Have you seen demolition man? Especially the part where the criminal uses an ATM. Enough said.
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Ahh... so we imagine gangs of roving criminals snatching phones and cutting out eyeballs to access them?

chrisa, Mar 17, 2015

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BUNNYJ

BunnyJ New Member

Have you seen demolition man? Especially the part where the criminal uses an ATM. Enough said.
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Really,, that is beyond funny .. and very unlikely to occur. *Wink

BunnyJ, Mar 17, 2015

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LEE

Lee Win User

There are already a great many Laptops out in the wild that came stock with a finger print reader, hence the industry is already ahead of Microsoft , and other OS manufactures on that front. Also the readers are really a great way to protect your data and personal crap from being buggered. . .The future is already here, albeit again there are those who just cannot seem to get with it. . .but hey some don't want it, thus there is no reason for them to use it, however there will be those who do want it, and will use it. . .good luck to both sides. . . *Wink

Lee, Mar 17, 2015

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