Lloyds will be running a pilot in the second half of the year to test the functionality of Windows Hello, a login system that uses fingerprint or facial recognition to gain access.
Windows Hello allows users to log into a Windows device in less than two seconds and can be accessed by more than 400 million active users of Windows 10.
Windows Hello uses software to create a data representation of a face, instead of an image, and infrared technology in the Windows 10 devices to identify faces.
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Gill Wylie, chief operating officer of group digital and transformation at Lloyds Banking Group, said: “I am delighted we are the first banking organisation in the UK to work with Microsoft on Windows Hello, and excited to see how our customers use this feature.”
Ryan Asdourian, Windows and devices lead at Microsoft UK, added: “This Lloyds Banking Group pilot marks another significant step towards an era of more personal computing.”
Lloyds Banking Group customers will have the option to log into their accounts using their face or fingerprint instead of typing in their passwords.
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Sillie Abbe
It’s really worrying that so many people are still so tragically misinformed. Biometrics should not be brought in where you need to be security-conscious. Authentication by biometrics comes with poorer security than PIN/password-only authentication. This video explains how biomerics makes a backdoor to password-protected information. https://youtu.be/5e2oHZccMe4 Also there is an interesting discussion about this issue on Payments Journal http://www.paymentsjournal.com/Content/Blogs/Industry_Blog/35382/