Tech Strategy Trends  Apr 22 2011   9:30PM GMT  What If Your PC
Could Just Recognize You?  Tony Bradley Tony Bradley Profile:
Tony Bradley  Forget hitting CTRL-ALT-DEL, or having to remember
archaic username and password credentials to type in. This is
21st centruy Star Trek type stuff where you’re just on a first
name basis with your PC.  Technologizer’s Jared Newman points
out in this Techland post that leaked early builds of Windows 8
contain signs of the facial recognition technology that was
hinted at in leaked memos from Microsoft last year (maybe
Microsoft should do something about all of this leaking…unless
it’s the kind of ‘leaking’ that is done intentionally on the sly
to build anticipation without publicly announcing anything).
You have to admit, it would be pretty cool to have a PC that
will turn a cold shoulder to unauthorized users, but will
instantly light up and log in when you sit down. However, the
technology is not without its potential downsides as well.  What
happens if an attacker just