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Password fatigue spells biometric PC boom
Better than a password that's 'password'...

By Jo Best

Published: Monday 15 September 2008

Sales of computers with built-in fingerprint readers are skyrocketing.

According to Comet, PCs and laptops with fingerprint scanners made up around seven per cent of all May-to-July computer sales - a jump of 91 per cent on the preceding three months.

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According to Comet, the rise in sales of PCs with biometrics scanners comes as a result of Britons seeking better security while becoming increasingly fed up with remembering numerous passwords.

According to research by the retailer, 82 per cent of the 1,300 Comet customers surveyed had had enough of passwords and want a better way to log into their machines.

Meanwhile, password security remains lax, with 30 per cent of those surveyed saying they share their passwords with workmates, friends or family and 11 per cent claiming to enter the word 'password' to get access to their computer.