Despite the astronomical growth of smartphones and tablets, and the rise in applications allowing consumers to purchase both virtual and real goods from their mobile devices, mobile commerce still ...

The government has revealed plans for a national proof-of-identity scheme that privacy campaigners say has echoes of the ID card project that was scrapped less than six months ago. The identity ...

I’m still on my quest to find good user authentication techniques that can supplement or replace the old username and password scheme. In this age of spoofing, phishing and stolen IDs, we need strong ...

Anonymous authentication plays a crucial role in privacy-focused applications, and it is used for authenticating a user’s identity in a privacy-preserving way. If enough privacy is provided, malicious ...

Passwords are notoriously problem-filled as a security measure, with everything from rampant re-use across accounts to poor choices like “password1” plaguing their effectiveness at keeping out hackers ...

About 50 percent of consumers say they frequently find themselves unable to perform transactions because of authentication failure-mostly due to forgotten usernames, passwords or responses to ...

We all know that relying on a simple user ID and password combination is fraught with peril. One alternative is to use one of the single sign-on solutions we reviewed last year, but there are less ...

Schools should implement an open source authentication system to give parents and pupils secure access to online content, says a government organisation. Becta, the UK government's education IT ...

Nico Popp can see the day when proving who you are on the faceless Internet will be as easy as using a picture I.D. in the real world. Popp is the point man for a new authentication program launched ...