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face it your passwords are terrible so Google and Microsoft have some plans to help you because you can't be trusted to make good password decisions for starters Google wants to eliminate passwords all together on Android instead your phone or tablet would use something called a trust score it would be a combination of a few things the phone could look at the shape of your face how you move how you type how you swipe essentially things to get a feel if you are really you but with how problematic facial recognition can be or how you could sound different when you have a cold obviously a fingerprint is easier at replacing a password but Google says a combination of many tests is more secure than one fingerprint Google is testing the system next month with the goal to launch it to developers by the end of the year Microsoft is taking a simpler approach to saving you from shameful passwords it simply will not let you use a bad password that's easy to guess or something that you'd find on the most used password list so if your Microsoft account password is lame you'll be prompted to choose a password that's harder for hackers to crack of course you could just keep yourself safe by using two-factor authentication by having it text your phone to verify it's really you but I guess that's just asking too much that's it for this tech news update I'm Bridget Carey and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet.com slash