# Do users need to authenticate to access their preferences page?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/do-users-need-to-authenticate-to-access-their-preferences-page/16926>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 8, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/do-users-need-to-authenticate-to-access-their-preferences-page/16926 "2020-11-08T17:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![imog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/imog/32/3813_2.png) [@imog](https://forum.mautic.org/u/imog)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/do-users-need-to-authenticate-to-access-their-preferences-page/16926/1 "2020-11-08T17:57:49Z")

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I’ve read about pref pages, which would be very interesting for me to use, as users could choose for different interests via this page. Right now i think the interests would be set as different segments, the user can enable/disable.

Is this possible?  
Is it possible for a user to opt-in into a segment via the prefpage?  
Or is it only meant to opt-out (re-opt-in) once you was put there by a campaign or the admin?  
Do users need to register to be able to get to the prefpage?  
How is the page secured if it was accessible without login?

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**Author:** ![EJL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ejl/32/12155_2.png) [@EJL](https://forum.mautic.org/u/EJL)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/do-users-need-to-authenticate-to-access-their-preferences-page/16926/2 "2020-11-09T13:47:25Z")

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If the segment is marked visible in preference page .

It’s generally accessible by unsubscribe link, and it’s a tokenized link. Accessible by anyone with the link.