摘要 |
An authentication method for use in an apparatus having a function, a function to execute a first program that executes a predetermined process after first user authentication with biometrics authentication is performed and does not have a network connection function, and a function to execute a second program that is invoked after the first program is executed, executed after second user authentication and has a network connection function comprises executing the first program in forgery detection mode regardless of a result of a user determination if biometrics authentication with forgery is detected at the time of the first user authentication, invoking the second program in the forgery detection mode after the first program is executed in the forgery detection mode, and notifying a device connected to an external network of forgery detection information by using the network connection function after the second program is invoked in the forgery detection mode.
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