Matt goes to an Internet café and tries to access his emails. The email service provider asks Matt to enter his email address along with the password associated with it. By asking for the email address and the password, the email service provider is _____ Matt.
A) authenticating
B) authorizing
C) decrypting
D) acknowledging

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Authenticating refers to the process of verifying someone's identity to grant access to a system or service. In this scenario, the email service provider is verifying that Matt is the legitimate owner of the email address by asking for the associated password.

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