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by nolok 4781 days ago
Patent link: https://www.google.com/patents/US6078908

Granted in 1998 and referenced by pretty much every tech giant. Ought to be interesting.

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I read it yesterday.

The patent refers to authorisation, not authentication. They are different. The usage described is distinct from 2-factor authentication as practiced by Google et al.

IMO he's just grandstanding and will be rightly ignored.

IANAL, TINLA.