Biometrics will spell the end for passwords by 2020

Nearly half of people aged 16 to 24 foresee the end of passwords and pin numbers by 2020 as biometric security takes over, according to research by Visa.

The research of 2,000 people revealed that 69 percent of respondents aged between 16 and 24 – dubbed ‘Generation Z’ – believe it will be easier and faster to use biometric identification than remembering passwords and pin numbers.