APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING A USER VIA MULTIPLE USER DEVICES
﻿A method includes forming, during access to a site, an association between a user and a first device. Contact information for a second device associated with the user is obtained. During a subsequent access to the site the first device is recognized. The user is prompted to authenticate without inputting identifying information. The user is authenticated at the site relying upon the association and a positively acknowledged message from the second device.