Content-based authentication

An information handling system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory coupled to at least one of the processors;
• a set of instructions stored in the memory and executed by at least one of the processors to perform actions comprising:
• select a plurality of content categories from a set of content categories, wherein one of the selected content categories is an image category and at least one of the selected content categories is a non-image category;
• present, to a user of a device, a plurality of content items that are identified as being familiar to an actual user of the device and a plurality of comparable items that are identified as being unfamiliar to the actual user of the device, wherein each of the content items and each of the comparable items corresponds to the selected plurality of content categories;
• receive a plurality of responses at the device from the user after the presenting;
• and
• determine a number of correct responses from the plurality of responses, wherein an authentication of the user is based on the number of correct responses.

A computer program product comprising:

• select a plurality of content categories from a set of content categories, wherein one of the selected content categories is an image category and at least one of the selected content categories is a non-image category;
• present, to a user of a device, a plurality of content items that are identified as being familiar to an actual user of the device and a plurality of comparable items that are identified as being unfamiliar to the actual user of the device, wherein each of the content items and each of the comparable items corresponds to the selected plurality of content categories;
• receive a plurality of responses at the device from the user after the presenting;
• and
• determine a number of correct responses from the plurality of responses, wherein an authentication of the user is based on the number of correct responses.