Irish Examiner view: Has cybersecurity left us lost for words?

Recycling the same password is one of the biggest security risks in the digital world

Recycling passwords can provide access to personal data which then facilitates identity theft and fraud.

The era of garnering a multiplicity of passwords to use computers, or running the risk of being hacked by using a common key, such as password123, may be numbered with an unprecedented agreement among the tech giants to standardise fingerprints and face recognition via a smartphone to sign in to websites and apps.

Apple, Google, and Microsoft say the new form of authentication will make the web more “secure and usable” and less cumbersome.