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In mobile computing applications the traditional name-based concept of identity is both difficult to support and frequently inappropriate. The natural alternative is to use the context in which parties sit to identify them. We discuss this issue and the ways in which Human Interactive Security Protocols (HISPs) can play a role in enabling this.
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Chen, B., Nguyen, L.H., Roscoe, A.W. (2011). When Context Is Better Than Identity: Authentication by Context Using Empirical Channels. In: Christianson, B., Crispo, B., Malcolm, J., Stajano, F. (eds) Security Protocols XIX. Security Protocols 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7114. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25867-1_10
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