A study conducted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in their home country and Italy has found that while the latter country preferred biometrics, the former still liked access codes.In VTT's study, Italian and Finnish consumers were asked about their opinions of 10 different authentication methods. The methods ranged from the very traditional (password, PIN code, internet banking access codes to biometrics.Users were asked about their perceptions of the authentication methods' safety, convenience and the first impression regarding the lesser-known techniques. This was meant to gauge what kinds of things are important to people, how much weight they put on safety vs. convenience, and what needs to be communicated to users about the authentication methods they use.In Finland, the respondents chose Internet banking access codes first, followed by passwords and fingerprint recognition. However, in Italy, fingerprint recognition came first – followed by passwords and Internet banking access codes.”[Fingerprint's] popularity is probably mostly due to convenience – it's impossible to forget your own identification at home or in the pocket of your other coat,” wrote the research group.”Convenience plays a large part also when using very traditional authentication methods such as passwords. In order to make remembering them easier, users resort using the same password in many places or choosing one that is easy to remember – which, incidentally, also makes it easy to guess,” says researcher Katri Grenman.
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