Transaction authentication number: Difference between revisions

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Recent research has shown that slightly over half of all [[identity theft]] is committed by an insider, often a family member. An insider would, of course, have greater access and opportunity to gain simultaneous access to both the TAN list and to the user's password. While an improvement over simple single-password methods, it is important to keep in mind that a system's security strength depends on multiple factors.

This is not a very secure method because i have a security advisor on

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[[Category:Authentication methods]]