From f808c1aa702e5ccff708288440d7d014203849d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tina Burden Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 10:44:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-why-pin-is-better-than-password.md Co-authored-by: JohanFreelancer9 <48568725+JohanFreelancer9@users.noreply.github.com> --- .../hello-for-business/hello-why-pin-is-better-than-password.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-why-pin-is-better-than-password.md b/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-why-pin-is-better-than-password.md index bf1676989e..755677290b 100644 --- a/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-why-pin-is-better-than-password.md +++ b/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-why-pin-is-better-than-password.md @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ ms.date: 10/23/2017 - Windows 11 Windows Hello in Windows 10 enables users to sign in to their device using a PIN. How is a PIN different from (and better than) a local password? -On the surface, a PIN looks much like a password. A PIN can be a set of numbers, but enterprise policy might allow complex PINs that include special characters and letters, both upper-case and lower-case. Something like **t758A!** could be an account password or a complex Hello PIN. It isn't the structure of a PIN (length, complexity) that makes it better than an online password, it's how it works. First we need to distinguish between two types of passwords: 'local' passwords are validated against the machine's password store, whereas 'online' passwords are validated against a server. This article mostly covers the benefits a PIN has over an online password, and also why it can be considered even better than a local password. +On the surface, a PIN looks much like a password. A PIN can be a set of numbers, but enterprise policy might allow complex PINs that include special characters and letters, both upper-case and lower-case. Something like **t758A!** could be an account password or a complex Hello PIN. It isn't the structure of a PIN (length, complexity) that makes it better than an online password, it's how it works. First we need to distinguish between two types of passwords: `local` passwords are validated against the machine's password store, whereas `online` passwords are validated against a server. This article mostly covers the benefits a PIN has over an online password, and also why it can be considered even better than a local password. Watch Dana Huang explain why a Windows Hello for Business PIN is more secure than an online password.