PIN or password authentication were the most used methods amongst the respondents in the Netherlands in 2019. Additionally on being the most frequent used method, PIN and password authentication also grew with 6 percent in popularity from 2018 to 2019. The least used authentication method was voice recognition in the Netherlands in 2019.
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Deloitte. (November 11, 2019). Which authentications methods have you used to identify yourself on your smartphone? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 21, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1085256/smartphone-authentication-penetration-in-the-netherlands-by-type/
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