Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "authenticator" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "authenticator" over time.
An authenticator is a means used to confirm a user's identity, that is, to perform digital authentication. A person authenticates to a computer system or application by demonstrating that he or she has possession and control of an authenticator. In the simplest case, the authenticator is a common password. Read more on Wikipedia