Microsoft has announced two new Windows 11/10 features that will make your Windows 11/10 experience more personal and secure. Microsoft wants the device to understand its user and recognize its user. Microsoft wants your interaction with the computer to be more like interacting with another person. These two new Microsoft features are Windows Hello et Microsoft Passport.
Let us check some more details regarding these features
Windows Hello
Thanks to the Windows Hello feature, your computing device recognizes you. With Windows 10, we’re moving to a more secure, passwordless experience powered by next-generation credentials and biometrics.
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Windows 11/10 supports a wide range of biometric data like face, fingerprint, iris. Windows Hello introduces system support for biometric authentication – using your face, iris or fingerprint to unlock your devices. And this technology is much more secure than using traditional passwords. In the days to come, there will be many exciting new Windows 11/10 devices to choose from that will support Windows Hello.
And, if your device already has a fingerprint reader, you can use Windows Hello to unlock that device. For face or iris detection, Windows Hello uses a combination of special hardware and software to accurately verify that it’s really you, not a photo of you or someone trying. to impersonate you. The cameras use infrared technology to identify your face or iris and can recognize you in various lighting conditions.
Windows Hello offers enterprise-grade security. So just show your face and unlock your Windows 11/10 device. Here are some facial authentication features:
- Face recognition on compatible devices running Windows 11/10
- AND convivial interface that provides a single to log in capabilities without the need for additional passwords or credentials
- Enterprise-grade authentication and access to content supported by NextGen Credentials (NGC), including network resources, websites, and shopping content
- Built-in anti-spoofing countermeasures to mitigate physical attacks – e.g. unauthorized device login and access
- The ability to provide a consistent image (via IR) in various lighting conditions allows for subtle changes in appearance, including facial hair, cosmetic makeup, glasses, and more.
Lis: How to use Windows Hello in Windows 11/10.
Microsoft Passport
Microsoft Passport will provide a more secure way for you to sign in to sites or apps. Instead of using passwords, Windows 11/10 lets you securely authenticate to apps, websites, and networks on your behalf, without sending a password. Thus, no shared password is stored on the servers for a hacker to potentially compromise.
Microsoft Passport will work with your Microsoft account, Azure Active Directory, and all web services that work with Azure Active Directory.
Windows 10 will ask you to verify that you have 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.
Here is a short video explaining what Windows Hello and Passport are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AsoSnOmhvU
Using Windows Hello and Passport is your choice and you control whether or not you want to use it. As Windows Hello requires specialized hardware, such as a fingerprint reader, an illuminated infrared sensor, and other biometric sensors, Microsoft is working with hardware partners to provide Windows Hello compatible devices that will ship with Windows 11/10. With such capabilities, Windows 11/10 will make our computing more personal and secure.
Here is a list of PCs that currently support Windows Hello.
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