60 Years On

Hitoshi Kokumai
2 min readJun 16, 2023

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pymnts.com

“60 Years on, Banks Say it’s Time to Leave Passwords and Embrace Biometrics” https://www.pymnts.com/news/security-and-risk/2023/60-years-on-banks-say-its-time-to-leave-passwords-and-embrace-biometrics/

Yes, 60 years on, our descendants, if they are as security-illiterate as many of our contemporaries, might possibly be enjoying the (lack of) identity security provided by biometrics that is and will stay dependent on a password (as a fallback means against false rejection). It’s inevitable because of the probabilistic nature of biometrics.

Two minutes spent on this video will hopefully get biometrics-believers’ eyes opened — “Biometrics in Cyber Space — ‘below-one’ factor authentication” https://youtu.be/wuhB5vxKYlg

Not yet convinced enough? — Then, move to this discussion — “Another Biometrics Fuss” (29May2023) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_ftc-policy-statement-on-biometrc-information-activity-7068861992039559168-PvNj

Still thinking that biometrics must be the way to go because influential renowned professionals and big tech firms are saying so? — Hopefully, this message will put an end to your doubt “’In-Series’ vs ‘In-Parallel’ and Those Reputed Cybersecurity/Cryptography Professionals?” (6June2023) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hitoshikokumai_identity-authentication-password-activity-7071783812686385152-6o-4

I would like to believe that our 60-years-on descendants will all be more security-literate than our contemporaries.

Thanks to Pia Tesdorf for bringing me to this counter-educative report.

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Hitoshi Kokumai
Hitoshi Kokumai

Written by Hitoshi Kokumai

Advocate of ‘Identity Assurance by Our Own Volition and Memory’, Inventor of Expanded Password System and Founder of Mnemonic Identity Solutions Limited in UK.