Authentication techniques in response to attempts to access sensitive information

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more processor circuits configured to:
• store personal information corresponding to a user of the apparatus;
• authorize a request for a first action using a first type of authentication during a first mode of operation;
• detect that the apparatus has received user input that requests an operation, wherein the operation includes to output at least a portion of the personal information externally to the apparatus in audio or visual form;
• and
• in response to the detection, change to a second mode of operation in which the one or more processor circuits require a user to perform a second type of authentication before authorizing a request for the first action, wherein the second type of authentication is a different than the first type of authentication.

A method, comprising:

• storing, by a computing device, personal information corresponding to a user of the computing device;
• authorizing, by the computing device, a request for a first action using a first type of authentication during a first mode of operation;
• detecting, by the computing device, that the computing device has received user input that requests an operation, wherein the operation includes to output at least a portion of the personal information externally to the computing device in audio or visual form;
• and
• in response to the detecting, the computing device changing to a second mode of operation in which a user is required to perform a second type of authentication before authorizing a request for the first action, wherein the second type of authentication is a different than the first type of authentication.