2005-08-25
Interesting method of user-authentication
Google's Gmail will be using a innovative method to confirm a person's details, by requiring a person receive a SMS on their mobile phone.
Normally web sites require a confirmation key (double-opt-in), which is sent to you via an existing email address to confirm you are a person, or use a captcha-encoded image that you need to type in.
This way google has a way to directly connect a 'virtual' person with a 'real' one.
It will be interesting to see if other companies go down this route, especially since Captcha isn't as effective as one would have hoped.
Personally I liked paypal's method of depositing a couple of cents into your account and you telling them how much it was the best.
Anyone know of any other ways web sites are using to proove that it really is a person on the other end of the connection?