According to a survey carried out in October 2020 in Brazil, approximately 36 percent of smartphone users interviewed perceived fingerprint scanning as the most trusted and secure mean for authentication to access digital services through this device. Meanwhile, 21 percent of respondents stated to see passwords as the most secure form of authentication. The same top two methods were also chosen by participants as the easiest and most convenient authentication means.
Most secure means of authentication for accessing digital services via smartphone in Brazil in 2020
The source does not provide information on the age of respondents.
The original question was: Which of the methods listed below do you consider the most secure for authentication on digital services on your smartphone? ("Qual dos métodos listados abaixo você considera mais seguro para autenticação em serviços digitais no smartphone?").
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Mobile Time, & Opinion Box. (November 26, 2020). Most secure means of authentication for accessing digital services via smartphone in Brazil in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193384/most-secure-authentication-methods-digital-services-smartphone-brazil/
Mobile Time, und Opinion Box. "Most secure means of authentication for accessing digital services via smartphone in Brazil in 2020." Chart. November 26, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193384/most-secure-authentication-methods-digital-services-smartphone-brazil/
Mobile Time, Opinion Box. (2020). Most secure means of authentication for accessing digital services via smartphone in Brazil in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193384/most-secure-authentication-methods-digital-services-smartphone-brazil/
Mobile Time, and Opinion Box. "Most Secure Means of Authentication for Accessing Digital Services via Smartphone in Brazil in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Nov 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193384/most-secure-authentication-methods-digital-services-smartphone-brazil/
Mobile Time & Opinion Box, Most secure means of authentication for accessing digital services via smartphone in Brazil in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193384/most-secure-authentication-methods-digital-services-smartphone-brazil/ (last visited November 23, 2024)
Most secure means of authentication for accessing digital services via smartphone in Brazil in 2020 [Graph], Mobile Time, & Opinion Box, November 26, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1193384/most-secure-authentication-methods-digital-services-smartphone-brazil/
