avatar-maurice-sharp.jpg Maurice Sharp

Maurice is a developer, author, and documentation writer. He transitioned to developer documentation after writing a book on coding for iPhone. He went from managing a mobile development team to documenting Apple developer APIs. Then he moved to Okta where he focuses on developer content strategy and writes the occasional article. Outside of work, he occasionally gives a workshop on designing and delivering engaging stories using a methodology based on cognitive biology and brain function. He's given these to presenters, entrepreneurs pitching VCs, and others. He uses the same methodology for writing documentation.

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Approaches to keep sending OTP over SMS... for now

SMS has long played an important role as a universally applicable method of verifying a user’s identity via one-time passcodes. And over the last decade, SMS and voice-based Multifactor Authentication has prevented untold attempts to compromise user accounts But it’s time to move on.” Ben King, VP Customer Trust: BYO Telephony and the future of SMS at Okta SMS/Voice is too SIMple The one-time passcode (OTP) you send using SMS or Voice may not go...

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