Verification of software application authenticity

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the system to:
• maintain, by a third party, a set of application identifiers associated with a plurality of authenticated software applications,
• receive a verification request comprising an application identifier associated with an unverified software application,
• generate a token in response to the verification request if the application identifier is in the set of application identifiers,
• pass the generated token to the unverified software application,
• receive a user token, by the third party, independent of the unverified software application,
• process the user token to determine whether the unverified software application is one of the authenticated software applications, and
• send a verification response based on the processing.

A method of verifying authenticity of a software application, the method comprising:

• providing access to an unverified software application by a client device;
• generating, by the unverified software application accessed via the client device, a verification request comprising an application identifier associated with the unverified software application;
• receiving, by the unverified software application accessed via the client device, a generated token in response to the verification request, wherein the generated token is provided by a third party if the application identifier is in a set of application identifiers associated with a plurality of authenticated software applications approved by the third party;
• and
• displaying, on a user interface of the client device, the generated token to a user, wherein the displayed generated token is provided to the third party by the user independently of the unverified software application for processing by the third party.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the system to:
• generate a verification request comprising an application identifier associated with an unverified software application,
• receive a generated token in response to the verification request, wherein the generated token is provided by a third party if the application identifier is in a set of application identifiers associated with a plurality of authenticated software applications approved by the third party, and display the generated token to a user, wherein the displayed generated token is provided to the third party independently of the unverified software application for processing by the third party.