The Google Chrome browser has just been made even more secure with the addition of biometric authentication. Our online accounts require a unique and secure passcode to prevent them from being hacked. The problem is that it is impossible to remember all those passwords at once. For you to be able to remember all of your credentials, you will need to use a password manager. You can choose from hundreds of applications in order to keep your credentials safe in order to keep them secure. There is, however, a built-in password manager included in Chrome that is preferred by many people. It has now been announced by Google that it is adding biometric verification to desktop and laptop versions of Chrome to further enhance the security of the built-in system.
You can use Google’s password manager to keep track of all your passwords securely both on your mobile devices and on your desktop computers. Our web browsers allow us to easily save passwords that we use for accessing so many of our websites and accounts, with the passwords to which are also saved in our web browsers.
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Now you can use Chrome’s Password Manager to access credentials stored in your computer through a biometric authentication system such as a fingerprint reader or a face scanner, if your computer has such a device that can connect to it or integrate with it. In many ways, this is similar to the experience that Android phone and tablet users have when accessing saved passwords through Chrome or within Settings -> Passwords & accounts -> Google on the phone or tablet.
The feature is compatible with the latest Mac devices and other devices that have fingerprint sensors. There will be a version for these devices available very soon. However, we are sure yet whether this feature will be available for Windows Hello, which will require face recognition. I am looking forward to receiving more information about this in the weeks to come.
