A method and a corresponding device for authenticating a user for access to protected information, including at a registration stage, generating a biometric user profile and a behavioral user profile associated with a user to be authenticated, and an authenticating stage, obtaining from the user a biometric user sample and a behavioral user sample, comparing the biometric user sample and the behavioral user sample to the biometric user profile and to the biometric behavioral profile associated with the user, and if the biometric user sample and the behavioral user sample match the biometric user profile and the biometric behavioral profile, respectively, enabling the user to access the protected information.
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