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Can't remember your password? Here are 2 new ways to log in

  • March 20, 2015
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Mar 20, 1:09 PM EDT 
By BRANDON BAILEY
AP Technology Writer
 
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Tired of trying to remember a different password for each of your online accounts? Or worried about re-using the same password too many times? You're not alone. Tech experts agree that traditional passwords are annoying, outmoded and too easily hacked.
 
This week, Yahoo and Microsoft offered up some alternatives: Yahoo says it can text temporary passwords to users' phones each time they want to sign into their Yahoo accounts. Microsoft says it is building facial-recognition and fingerprint-identification technology into Windows 10, the new computer operating system coming this summer, so users can log on with their fingertip or face. The two approaches drew different reviews.
 
Here's what you should know:
 
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