Since the emergence of the internet, there has been many good and bad stories of it as well. But nonetheless the advantages are way more than the disadvantages.

Security as with every other area has been one of the negatively affected areas of the internet and in recent days there have been really worse issues as regards to cyber security.

Virtually half of the services on the internet requires one authentication or the other and this at most times leads to the being a member.

The primary authentication methods on most of these services are passwords and it has been bedeviled by lots of hack attempts in recent times which at most times ends up bringing negative results for the owners of such passwords.

On the heels of these negative development a United States Tech Company has put and are still putting efforts in place to see that something more secure replaces passwords,  and that is YOU.

The company 1Uapps has actually developed a technology that allows you to use your selfie  to login in to any of your online accounts. This means we are all going to be giving up on the traditional authentication means “PASSWORDS”.

And below is exactly how it works:

1U™ is a mobile application created to conveniently safeguard your usernames and passwords and make your online life easier. 1U™ is the only application to use a combination of state-of-the-art biometric technologies and Liveness Detection systems, leveraging the smartphone as the biometric acquisition device, to recognize who you are, and then quickly and securely log you into your favorite websites with our 1-Look™ technology. Once downloaded, the user will set up his or her biometric data linked to their unique device ID and email account, link it with their PC or laptop, and assign the secure websites that he or she would like to use 1U™ to access. You can view your site on the mobile device or on the computer.

You can find more information and an extended explanation of the technology on their website. www.1uapps.com

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SELFIES TO REPLACE PASSWORDS.

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A man accused of violating the online privacy of women by making public their intimate photos was portrayed Thursday by his lawyer as a naive, bored young person who had a drinking problem and didn't recognize the public embarrassment he was causing.

Defense attorney Monica Lynch said her client George Bronk was immature, unemployed and killing time while he cared for his ailing parents and made a hobby of trolling women's Facebook pages, looking for their e-mails and gleaning enough personal information to answer basic Internet security questions.

He would then search for nude or seminude photos and videos the women had sent to their husbands or boyfriends, and distribute the images to the contact lists of the women, authorities said.

Bronk, 23, pleaded guilty in January to charges including computer intrusion, false impersonation and possession of child pornography. The state attorney general's office wants him to serve six years in prison. A probation officer is recommending four years behind bars.

On Thursday, a judge delayed Bronk's sentencing until sometime after a hearing on May 2, when Bronk's family members plan to testify. State corrections officials will then evaluate him for 90 days to recommend if he should go to prison.

Lynch said her client should get probation.

"He was bored and he was drinking, and his entertainment was sitting in front of his computer and doing these things," Lynch told The Associated Press outside court. "He is gentle, and he is sweet, and I do not see him fitting into the mainstream prison population."

Prosecutors countered that Bronk was stalking the women. He changed their e-mail passwords to take control of their accounts, taunted some of the women in online exchanges, and coerced at least one woman into sending him more explicit photographs by threatening to distribute the pictures he already had, authorities said.

Investigators said they found 172 e-mail files with explicit photographs on Bronk's computer, and tracked his victims to England, Washington, D.C., and 17 states.

The women said they were embarrassed and violated as their photos were distributed to co-workers, families, employers and friends between December 2009 and September.

Lynch said her client, who lived with in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights, didn't realize the damage he had done. She argued the victims made themselves vulnerable by taking the nude and seminude photos and videos of themselves.

His father, also named George Bronk, told the AP, "From the minute the investigation started, he took responsibility for his actions. For that, I am always proud of him."

His mother, Joyce Bronk, said her son came to his parents in July, two months before authorities swooped in, and told them he had a drinking problem and needed help.

He went back to school to become an emergency medical technician and began attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. She said he didn't realize the emotional damage he'd done until he had been sober for several weeks.

"This was an Internet persona he created when he was a drunk," she said. "He had no judgment skills at the time."

Prosecutors declined comment, saying they will make their case for prison at Bronk's sentencing hearing. He has been jailed on $500,000 bond since his arrest in October. He will have to register as a sex offender.

Lynch said one woman is seeking $1,200 in restitution from Bronk because she had to drop out of college after her photos were widely distributed. Lynch was unaware of anyone filing lawsuits against Bronk, and said no victims were expected to testify at the May hearing.

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Lawyer: Facebook abuser doesn't deserve prison

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