Authentication can be done via code entry or NFC (or there's WPS too).

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This increases the level of security by preventing reverse engineering of an authentication service process or preventing attacks that try to modify this code.

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Finally, the plan makes multi-factor authentication available to website owners for the cost of adding a few lines of software to their server code.

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