Infinite Factor Authentifcation

“Infinite Factor Authentication” is a project that subverts and critically examines the seemingly endless forms of authentication individuals must do to access their files in online environments. From receiving emails with authorization codes to numbers via app-based authenticators, these forms of authentication while important for security and personalization, often inhibit our productivity since we have to constantly search for access criteria on our devices. “Infinite Factor Authentication“ presents users with endless criteria they have to answer to gain access to their documents / files / accounts online through a combination of A.I. question generation and machine learning based prompts.

Created by Jonah Brucker-Cohen. Jonah Brucker-Cohen is an artist, writer, and Associate Professor at Lehman College / CUNY. He received his Ph.D. from Trinity College Dublin and his artwork has been exhibited at venues such as SFMOMA, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art, MOMA, ZKM Museum, ICA London, Whitney Museum of American Art, Palais du Tokyo, Tate Modern, Ars Electronica, Transmediale, and more. His writing has appeared in publications such as WIRED and Make and his Scrapyard Challenge workshops have been held in over 15 countries on 5 continents.