Integrating Vonage Silent Authentication in Laravel

The article is about integrating Silent Authentication with a demo Laravel app using Vonage's Verify API. It explains the concept of Silent Authentication, which removes the need for a One-Time Password (OTP) when using two-factor authentication by sending a device phone number and checking its authenticity. The demo app uses Laravel to attempt a login for a real-world user using Silent Authentication in Verify. The article also discusses Laravel's Rapid Prototyping features, including Laravel Breeze, which provides a pre-built auth system with various features such as migrations, templates, and CLI options. The author demonstrates how to integrate the Silent Authentication API into the login mechanism and explains the codebase required for the demo app. Finally, the article concludes that Silent Auth is an option even in web-based applications, offering a frictionless experience for end users while providing a complex solution for developers to integrate.