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Multifactor Authentication Cheat Sheet — Pros

Can be used without requiring any additional hardware. Can be used without requiring any additional interaction from the user. Can be used to continuously authenticate the user. Can be used to detect when the user is not the one using the system. Can be used to detect when the user is under duress.

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). Can be used without requiring any additional hardware. Can be used without requiring any additional interaction from the user. Can be used to continuously authenticate the user. Can be used to detect when the user is not the one using the system. Can be used to detect when the user is under duress. Can be used to detect when the user is not in a fit state to use the system. Attribution: Adapted from OWASP Cheat Sheet Series under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, removed long code blocks, and shortened it for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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