Patent attributes
A method comparing, by a user device, an observed characteristic with a determined characteristic, the observed characteristic indicating a current feature included in a current communication associated with a current entity with which the user device is communicating and the determined characteristic indicating an authentic feature included in an authentic communication associated with an authentic entity with which the user device intends to communicate; selectively matching, by the user device based on a result of comparing the observed characteristic with the determined characteristic, current communication information associated with the current communication with authentic communication information associated with the authentic communication; and determining, by the user device based on a result of selectively matching the current communication information with the authentic communication information, that the current entity is the authentic entity or that the current entity is not the authentic entity. Various other aspects are contemplated.
