Understanding the level of access
Level of access is typically defined as authorization, which we discussed in the first section of this chapter. When it comes to cyber anonymity, we need to understand the level of access required based on our requirements. If you need a higher level of access, typically, you need to go through an authentication process. If you need a lower level of access to the resources, you might not need any type of authentication. In the first section of this chapter, we discussed what authentication and authorization are. Also, we discussed applications such as banking applications, which need to verify the user’s authenticity before providing access. Some services, such as news websites, wouldn’t require any authentication. Some applications require authenticating but not all applications would not need to authenticate you.
It’s important to understand what level of access we need from the application or the services. Then, we can decide...
