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# [The Most Pressing Authentication Processing Pain Points In 2020](https://didapp.hashnode.dev/the-most-pressing-authentication-processing-pain-points-in-2020?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Authentication online has become amazingly complex in the last 20 years. What began as a simple password problem in the seventies, is now an opulent buffet of different authentication options together with very real regulatory and security considerat...

Jun 12, 2020 · didapp.hashnode.dev  
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## Written by

[Richard Shepherd](https://hashnode.com/@richarddid)

@richarddid · England

  
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Founder at DID.app

I am a co founder at DID.app, developing and designing.

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[Yann Thibodeau](https://hashnode.com/@yann510)

[Jun 13, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-most-pressing-authentication-processing-pain-points-in-2020/5ee385c2c595b7ea716e3a2a/comment/5ee462e56c513725202e8ed5)

Interesting read identifying many of the core problems of current authentication systems.

Glad I could be of help :)

[Richard Shepherd](https://hashnode.com/@richarddid)

[Jun 16, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-most-pressing-authentication-processing-pain-points-in-2020/5ee385c2c595b7ea716e3a2a/comment/5ee462e56c513725202e8ed5#reply-5ee8d748a46d439779571588)

You certainly were, most grateful, thank you :-)