Visual image authentication

A machine implemented method for determining whether to grant access to a secure entity comprising:

• generating visual images based on previously received images and displaying said images on a screen, wherein the visual images generated have been automatically visually altered in an unpredictable manner from the images previously received;
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• receiving a user selection of said visual images from said display screen;
• and
• determining whether to grant access based on the user selection received;
• wherein said determining uses a processor system having at least one processor, a communications interface, and a memory system.

A method of securing a transaction comprising:

• receiving, at a user system, transaction information, associated with a transaction, the transaction information being entered into the user system, the user system having a processor system having at least one processor, a communications interface, and a memory system;
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• receiving, by the user system, from a service provider system, images;
• the receiving of the transaction information including at least receiving a user selection or entry of the transaction information, by at least receiving images that represent the transaction information, where the images that represent the transaction information is selected from the images received from the service provider system, where the transaction information includes financial information that describes financial aspects of the transaction, and the images that represent the transaction information include more information than a text representation of the transaction information.