Windows 8 Picture-Password Mechanism Still Flawed Claims Passcape

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Submitted by hypnosec on Monday October 15, 2012 @03:02PM

hypnosec writes: The yet to be released Windows 8’s picture password and PIN authentication methods suffer from a "serious" flaw it has been revealed. Password recovery software maker, Passcape Software, has reported the problem on its blog and has asked users to be cautious while using the authentication mechanism when the operating system is released publicly later this month.

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