Someone mentioned in passing during a meeting in work today that "going passwordless is inevitable" and that using biometrics and facial scanning to sign in to accounts will be necessary.
I work in the data protection office (the GDPR kind), so I'm begging please someone tell me this is not true.. 😩
#GDPR #DataProtection #biometrics #InfoSec
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