The Reason Why Microsoft Wants to Remove Windows 10 Password is Because PINs Are More Secure (Tech)

For an individual user, Windows 10 stores a private key on a device with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which is a secure chip that keeps a PIN local to the user's device only and while servers can be compromised and passwords stolen, a Windows Hello PIN would not be affected, a report said.

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