Authenticate
verb
To prove that something is true, real, or not false.
He authenticated the painting by finding the artist's signature.
Often appears as...
- authenticate a signature
- authenticate a document
verb
In computing, to prove the identity of a user or process.
You need to authenticate your login by entering your password.
Often appears as...
- authenticate a user
- authenticate a login
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To prove that something is true, real, or not false.
He authenticated the painting by finding the artist's signature.
Often appears as...
- authenticate a signature
- authenticate a document
verb
In computing, to prove the identity of a user or process.
You need to authenticate your login by entering your password.
Often appears as...
- authenticate a user
- authenticate a login
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Proof Required
The action of authenticating always requires evidence to prove authenticity.
The museum authenticated the ancient sculpture by carbon-dating it.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Matters
Usually, an expert or someone in authority authenticates items to give credibility.
The signature was authenticated by a renowned handwriting analyst.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Authentication can involve identifying things not immediately visible, like historical significance.
He authenticated the coin's origin with records from the medieval period.
Pro Tip 1/3Proof Required
The action of authenticating always requires evidence to prove authenticity.
The museum authenticated the ancient sculpture by carbon-dating it.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Matters
Usually, an expert or someone in authority authenticates items to give credibility.
The signature was authenticated by a renowned handwriting analyst.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Authentication can involve identifying things not immediately visible, like historical significance.
He authenticated the coin's origin with records from the medieval period.
Pro Tip 1/3Proof Required
The action of authenticating always requires evidence to prove authenticity.
The museum authenticated the ancient sculpture by carbon-dating it.
Pro Tip 2/3Authority Matters
Usually, an expert or someone in authority authenticates items to give credibility.
The signature was authenticated by a renowned handwriting analyst.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Authentication can involve identifying things not immediately visible, like historical significance.
He authenticated the coin's origin with records from the medieval period.
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Video examples
Adam Savage: My...
although it took him five years to authenticate this bird to the auctioneers' specifications, because there was a lot of controversy about it. It was made out of resin, which wasn't a common material for movie props about the time the movie was made. It's funny to me that it took a while to authenticate it, because I can see it compared to this thing,
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Pirate Ship Wreck...
he needed after more than five years of searching the widow was his finding the Bell was the proof positive Barry and his team needed to authenticate the wreck as the pirate-ship Twitter the first known pirate ship and world for Barry locating the Bell also enabled
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Technology that protects...
password again turn on two-factor authentication but these are band-aids and I think we're all starting to realize that but it's also distracting us from how severe of a problem we're actually facing the internet was built in such a way where computers could be
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The dawn of the age of...
But how would that machine then interact with reality? And I can think of three ways. First, as a machine, I would observe or I would input reality. Speech recognition and biometric authentication are great examples of a machine interacting with humans
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Todd Humphreys: How to...
are completely open. They have no encryption. They have no authentication. They're wide open, vulnerable to a kind of spoofing attack. Even so, up until very recently, nobody worried about GPS spoofers. People figured that it would be too complex
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The Mindset Shift Needed...
Every month, aid organizations transfer money to individual blockchain accounts, and then that individual can go into a store, shop for the groceries and at the checkout they pay with the iris scan or with another authentication method.
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How the blockchain is...
to establish trust in our economy. And these intermediaries perform all the business and transaction logic of every kind of commerce, from authentication, identification of people, through to clearing, settling and record keeping.
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The price of shame PIPE...
to personally authenticate all 20 hours of taped conversation. For the past eight months, the mysterious content of these tapes has hung like the sword of Damocles over my head. I mean, who can remember what they said a year ago?
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What you need to know...
as the answers to your security questions, so that somebody who knows the name of your childhood pet can't reset your password. And finally, turn on the highest level of two-factor authentication
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How (and why) Russia...
interacting with computers and devices. And for this network, there's no encryption, there's no firewall, no two-factor authentication, no password complex enough to protect you.
Video examples
Adam Savage: My...
although it took him five years to authenticate this bird to the auctioneers' specifications, because there was a lot of controversy about it. It was made out of resin, which wasn't a common material for movie props about the time the movie was made. It's funny to me that it took a while to authenticate it, because I can see it compared to this thing,
Video examples
Pirate Ship Wreck...
he needed after more than five years of searching the widow was his finding the Bell was the proof positive Barry and his team needed to authenticate the wreck as the pirate-ship Twitter the first known pirate ship and world for Barry locating the Bell also enabled
Video examples
Technology that protects...
password again turn on two-factor authentication but these are band-aids and I think we're all starting to realize that but it's also distracting us from how severe of a problem we're actually facing the internet was built in such a way where computers could be
Video examples
The dawn of the age of...
But how would that machine then interact with reality? And I can think of three ways. First, as a machine, I would observe or I would input reality. Speech recognition and biometric authentication are great examples of a machine interacting with humans
Video examples
Todd Humphreys: How to...
are completely open. They have no encryption. They have no authentication. They're wide open, vulnerable to a kind of spoofing attack. Even so, up until very recently, nobody worried about GPS spoofers. People figured that it would be too complex
Video examples
The Mindset Shift Needed...
Every month, aid organizations transfer money to individual blockchain accounts, and then that individual can go into a store, shop for the groceries and at the checkout they pay with the iris scan or with another authentication method.
Video examples
How the blockchain is...
to establish trust in our economy. And these intermediaries perform all the business and transaction logic of every kind of commerce, from authentication, identification of people, through to clearing, settling and record keeping.
Video examples
The price of shame PIPE...
to personally authenticate all 20 hours of taped conversation. For the past eight months, the mysterious content of these tapes has hung like the sword of Damocles over my head. I mean, who can remember what they said a year ago?
Video examples
What you need to know...
as the answers to your security questions, so that somebody who knows the name of your childhood pet can't reset your password. And finally, turn on the highest level of two-factor authentication
Video examples
How (and why) Russia...
interacting with computers and devices. And for this network, there's no encryption, there's no firewall, no two-factor authentication, no password complex enough to protect you.
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Quote examples
Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
A lot of companies are clueless, because they spend most or all of their security budget on high-tech security like fire walls and biometric authentication - which are important and needed - but then they don't train their people.
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Walt Mossberg
American Journalist
Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakhstani Activist
I had the idea to use electrical potential collected from the surface of the heat that our brain generates, it's like authentication using the power of thoughts. Imagine if you could use a thought instead of a password.
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Robert Scoble
American Author
Turn on all security features like two-factor authentication. People who do that generally don't get hacked. Don't care? You will when you get hacked. Do the same for your email and other social services, too.
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Ellen Ullman
American
Internet voting is surely coming. Though online ballots cannot be made secure, though the problems of voter authentication and privacy will remain unsolvable, I suspect we'll go ahead and do it anyway.
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James Fallows
American Journalist
I have relentlessly beat the drum for Google's 'two-step' authentication systems for Gmail and other services, which radically reduce the likelihood that your account can be hacked from afar.
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Stephen Graham Jones
American Author
Where 'Paranormal Activity' really comes into its own is its rhetoric of legitimacy - how it uses itself to authenticate itself, and thus furthers the pretence of being real.
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Mark Parker
American Businessman
I don't think you need a certificate to truly legitimize you or authenticate you as a designer. I think real innovation and creativity can come from everywhere.
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Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
There has to be a better, smarter way to authenticate who somebody is. Social Security numbers are floating out there everywhere.
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Alex Stamos
American Businessman
Almost every OS X server service offers weak or broken authentication mechanisms.
Quote examples
Kevin Mitnick
American Businessman
A lot of companies are clueless, because they spend most or all of their security budget on high-tech security like fire walls and biometric authentication - which are important and needed - but then they don't train their people.
Quote examples
Walt Mossberg
American Journalist
Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
Quote examples
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakhstani Activist
I had the idea to use electrical potential collected from the surface of the heat that our brain generates, it's like authentication using the power of thoughts. Imagine if you could use a thought instead of a password.
Quote examples
Robert Scoble
American Author
Turn on all security features like two-factor authentication. People who do that generally don't get hacked. Don't care? You will when you get hacked. Do the same for your email and other social services, too.
Quote examples
Ellen Ullman
American
Internet voting is surely coming. Though online ballots cannot be made secure, though the problems of voter authentication and privacy will remain unsolvable, I suspect we'll go ahead and do it anyway.
Quote examples
James Fallows
American Journalist
I have relentlessly beat the drum for Google's 'two-step' authentication systems for Gmail and other services, which radically reduce the likelihood that your account can be hacked from afar.
Quote examples
Stephen Graham Jones
American Author
Where 'Paranormal Activity' really comes into its own is its rhetoric of legitimacy - how it uses itself to authenticate itself, and thus furthers the pretence of being real.
Quote examples
Mark Parker
American Businessman
I don't think you need a certificate to truly legitimize you or authenticate you as a designer. I think real innovation and creativity can come from everywhere.
Quote examples
Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
There has to be a better, smarter way to authenticate who somebody is. Social Security numbers are floating out there everywhere.
Quote examples
Alex Stamos
American Businessman
Almost every OS X server service offers weak or broken authentication mechanisms.
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