article_snippet: Dr Markus Kuhn believes alternatives include typing in a user identifier and password directly into a phone . '
article_snippet: But the days of huge or rented car phones are gone, and today smartphones are lightweight, personal devices that we entrust with passwords to many sites and services - access to WiFi, email, social networks, app stores, and online shopping.'
article_snippet: Password-authenticated key exchange (PAKE) techniques exist that use passwords as a five-digit PIN to create highly secure encrypted connections that even the supercomputers of eavesdropping intelligence agencies can't break.
article_snippet: Technically, a mobile network login is no more challenging than similar applications such as payment wallets, online banking, digital rights managed content, and so on.'
highlights_snippet: Dr Markus Kuhn believes one alternative could be typing in a user identifier and password directly into a phone - like we do with Wi-Fi networks .
  