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Thoughts on the NIST proposals on 2FA – part 2

In part one of this post, Rob Malcom of Mblox & CLX, explored the recent draft NIST guidelines on digital authentication that suggested the depreciation of SMS based 2-factor authentication (2FA). Here, he sets out his recommendations for businesses, carriers and consumers and his conclusions on the NIST proposals. NIST…
Sam Hill
August 16, 2016
MEF Member News round-up

MEF member news: August 15

Get the latest announcements from MEF Members across the mobile ecosystem globally in this weekly review of member news… Three years after trailing the tech for the first time, Barclays UK is to make available voice recognition for all UK customers. The move could hasten the demise of passwords.
MEF
August 15, 2016
Enterprise Communications

Thoughts on the NIST proposals on 2FA

Recent draft NIST guidelines on digital authentication suggested the depreciation of SMS based 2-factor authentication (2FA). Here Rob Malcom of Mblox & CLX, takes a deep dive into what the proposals mean, and how they may cause 72% of Americans to fail to adopt 2FA at all. I went on…
Sam Hill
August 15, 2016
Mobile GamingMobile Payments

Pokémon Go and financial gamification

People can’t stop talking about Pokémon GO! Here MEF Member and mobile payments facilitator Novatti take inspiration from the phenomenon and reflect on the possibilities of gamification of the mobile financial services sector… If you are yet to hear about or encounter Pokémon GO by now, you must truly be…
Sam Hill
August 12, 2016
News Roundup

Weekly mobile news round-up 12th August

Find out the week’s top mobile stories from around the world. This week.. a smartphone banking revolution, IoT growing faster than smartphones, Wechat to take over African market, Pokemon Go crosses $200m in a month and much more. Britain’s biggest banks are will be forced to offer customers a revolution…
Sam Hill
August 12, 2016
Opinions

Not even a flicker – where are all the projector phones?

Today's phones do everything: take pictures, give directions, play music. So why can't they project movies? Seven years after writing about phone projectors, Tim Green is still waiting to own one... Two years ago my family had a dream. We would build a cinema in our back garden. OK, not…
Tim Green
August 11, 2016
Guest blog

A review of robocalls and SMS spam

Big brands are not the only ones using bots, more unscrupulous parts of the industry are also using them to gain an advantage over unwary consumers. Here MEF Member and anti spam solution provider Hiya take a look at some of the more common phone bot scams… Robots are getting…
Sam Hill
August 11, 2016
Analytics

Smartphone OS shares in Europe and US: iOS fights back

Strong sales of iPhone SE have helped Apple claw back some ground on Android in the smartphone space, says new market data. But Google's platform remains the dominant force... iOS returned to growth in the US and EU5 in the second quarter of 2016, say new figures from Kantar Worldpanel…
MEF
August 10, 2016
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