I was just in a meeting where our compliance team was saying there’s a difference between verification and authentication but I can’t figure out what the difference is. Can someone explain it?
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Authentication answers the question: “Who are they?”
Verification answers the question: “Is what they told you true/correct/accurate?”.
As an example: My password authenticates me to Reddit, and allows me to post and comment. By providing my username and password, Reddit knows that my posts and comments should be credited to me. Reddit is interested in knowing “who is making the post/comment”.
To be roasted by r/RoastMe though, they require verification that you consent to be roasted. To do this, they require you to take a picture holding up a slip of paper with “r/RoastMe” written on it. In this case, they don’t particularly care whether you are the person in the picture (they’re not trying to authenticate), they want to verify that the person in the picture consents to be roasted.
E: expanded on authentication a bit
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