The service relies on sending text messages to people who enter one-time passwords to get into a service. Biometric security is easy to undermine and, unlike passwords or phone numbers, pretty hard to change.īut that isn’t to say that Account Kit doesn’t have its own problems. Many companies are trying to kill the password, but they’re doing so with biometric safeguards, and a recent survey revealed that many people don’t trust those tools.Īnd well they shouldn’t, as one police department’s effort to 3D-print a dead man’s fingers to access his phone shows. “Using both Facebook Login and Account Kit has enabled us to provide a safe and convenient way for MomentCam fans to register.”Īccount Kit has come along at the right time. “We’ve tried different phone number sign up products and our data shows that Account Kit increased our conversion rates from ,” Filipe Santos, the director of international business for the popular MomentCam photo app, said in a statement. The idea behind Account Kit is that doing away with passwords is good for consumers because it makes them more secure, good for developers because it makes the sign-up process less tedious, and good for Facebook because it gets to establish itself as an integral part of every mobile app that relies on the tool. This is what Account Kit looks like in action.
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