accessible-authentication.html

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    <h4>Accessible Authentication</h4>
    
    <p class="conformance-level">AA</p>
	<p class="change">New</p>
    
    <p>A <a>cognitive function test</a> (such as remembering a password or solving a puzzle) is not required for any step in an authentication <a>process</a> unless that step provides at least one of the following:</p> 
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        <dt>Alternative</dt>
        <dd>Another authentication method that does not rely on a cognitive function test.</dd>
        <dt>Mechanism</dt>
      <dd>A <a>mechanism</a> is available to assist the user in completing the cognitive function test.</dd>
        <dt>Object Recognition</dt>
        <dd>The cognitive function test is to recognize objects.</dd>
        <dt>Personal Content</dt>
      <dd>The cognitive function test is to identify <a>non-text content</a> the user provided to the Web site.</dd>
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    <p class="note">"Object recognition" and "Personal content" may be represented by images, video, or audio.</p>
    <div class="note">Examples of mechanisms that satisfy this criterion include:
        <ol>
            <li>support for password entry by password managers to reduce memory need, and</li>
            <li>copy and paste to reduce the cognitive burden of re-typing.</li>
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