Lesson plan
Confirmation code
A confirmation code is a short piece of data (code, cypher) that is used for purposes of confirmation of a particular attribute or property such as personally identifiable information. * CAPTCHA - a computing scheme used to identity an entity as a human being and not a program, employing the current differences in text recognition capability between humans and computers. * Multi-factor authentication * The term "shibboleth" from the Bible was employed for this purpose, by usage of the property that the "sh" phoneme was an identifying mark.
Article summary
A confirmation code is a short piece of data (code, cypher) that is used for purposes of confirmation of a particular attribute or property such as personally identifiable information. * CAPTCHA - a computing scheme used to identity an entity as a human being and not a program, employing the current differences in text recognition capability between humans and computers. * Multi-factor authentication * The term "shibboleth" from the Bible was employed for this purpose, by usage of the property that the "sh" phoneme was an identifying mark.
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Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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