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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Oath Inc., New York, NY (US);
Lachlan Maxwell, Ashburn, VA (US);
Dante J. Pacella, Charles Town, WV (US);
Mani Tadayon, Leesburg, VA (US);
Saravanan Mallesan, Fairfax, VA (US);
Lee Edward Sattler, Mount Airy, MD (US);
Jean M. McManus, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
Ashish A. Sardesai, Ashburn, VA (US);
Verizon Media Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present teaching relates to method, system, medium, and implementations for authenticating a user. A first request is received to set up authentication information with respect to a user, wherein the first request specifies a type of information to be used for future authentication of the user. It is determined whether the type of information related to the user poses risks based on a reverse information search result. The type of information for being used for future authentication of the user is rejected when the type of information is determined to pose risks.