Finding a replacement for passwords

“As online scams get more sophisticated, passwords are becoming hopelessly outmoded–as passe as floppy disks.

Yet many businesses and nearly all consumers still rely on passwords as the primary means of checking that someone is who they say they are.

At last week’s RSA security conference, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates sounded once again his well-worn call for an end to passwords, while on the show floor, companies touted gadgets to help verify identity.”