3.1.1 User Authentication

This page contains the required information about the engineering of the user authentication feature on the website.

To ensure the safety and security of the data of our users, we're implementing two user authentication features in our platform.

AUTHENTICATION FEATURE	SERVICE INTEGRATED	PURPOSE OF USING THE SERVICE	PURPOSE OF INTEGRATING THE FEATURE
Username and Password	Firebase Authentication API	At the moment, the team doesn't have a backend developer. To implement this feature, we're opting to make use of the Firebase API as it's available at little to no cost, and Firebase provides Backend-as-a-service functionalitites.	The purpose of this feature is to ensure the security of our users data on our platform.
Two-Factor Authentication	Authenticator Apps	Authenticator applications are more secure than your regular SMS OTPs. This eliminates the disadvantages that come with that.	The purpose of this feature is to ensure the security of our users data on our platform.

Access to the code files for this feature will be available on our GitHub repository.