Twitter hopes to replace usernames and passwords with Digits

Twitter hopes to replace usernames and passwords with Digits

<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='http://www.imore.com/twitter-hopes-replace-usernames-and-passwords-digits' title="Twitter hopes to replace usernames and passwords with Digits"><img src='http://www.imore.com/sites/imore.com/files/styles/large_wm_brw/public/field/image/2014/10/Twitter_sign_in_iP5.JPG?itok=MTw_J4Oc' />[/url]</p> <p><a href="www.imore.com/twitter">Twitter[/url] has just rolled out a new service for developers to integrate into their apps called Digits, which should make it more secure for consumers to sign into apps and services. Rather than complex usernames and passwords, Digits hopes to simplify the sign in process by using your phone number and an SMS <a href="www.imore.com/security">verification[/url] to allow you to log in.</p>  <p>Announced at Twitter's Flight developer conference, Digits could be a good tool in the developing market where many don't possess a computer nor have an email address for a username to log in to services and apps. These people do have a mobile phone and a phone number, and Digits will tap that to make logins more secure. In a way, it's similar to two-step authentication.</p> <p>TechCrunch says of the service:</p>

<p>To implement Digits, developers only have to put in a few lines of code into their apps, and then they have a viable alternative to password-based logins, or even Facebook or Google's authentication mechanisms, if they choose.</p>