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draft-ietf-oauth-cross-device-security.md

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Depending on the risk profile and the threat model in which a system is operating, it may be necessary to use more than one mechanism to establish proximity to raise the bar for any potential attackers.
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Note: There are scenarios that require that an authorization takes place in a different location than the one in which the transaction is authorized. For example, there may be a primary and secondary credit card holder and both can initiate transactions, but only the primary holder can authorize it. There is no guarantee that the primary and secondary holders are in the same location at the time of the authorization. In such cases, proximity (or lack of proximity) may be an indicator of risk and the system may deploy additional controls (e.g., transaction value limits, transaction velocity limits) or use the proximity information as input to a risk management system.
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Note: There are scenarios that require that an authorization takes place in a different location than the one in which the transaction is authorized. For example, there may be a primary and secondary credit card holder and both can initiate transactions, but only the primary holder can authorize it. There is no guarantee that the primary and secondary holders are in the same location at the time of the authorization. In such cases, proximity (or lack of proximity) may be an indicator of risk and the system may deploy additional controls (e.g., transaction value limits, transaction velocity limits) or use the proximity information as input to a risk management system.
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**Limitations:** Proximity mechanisms make it harder to perform Cross-Device Consent Phishing (CDCP) attacks. However, depending on how the proximity check is performed, an attacker may be able to circumvent the protection: The attacker can use a VPN to simulate a shared network or spoof a GNSS position. For example, the attacker can try to request the location of the end-user's Authorization Device through browser APIs and then simulate the same location on their Initiating Device using standard debugging features available on many platforms.
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