The number of websites and services using two-step verification to secure accounts has increased over the years — yet the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s latest proposal might put a ...

You lock your doors—why not your accounts? Two-Factor authentication is your last line of online defense. Using a mobile authenticator app isn't hard to set up. Yeah, it takes extra seconds to get ...

Two-factor authentication is the best protection against any of those, plus so much more. I'll explain what it is and why you should enable it whenever possible. Sometimes called 2-factor ...

Arlo is following the leads of Nest and Ring in requiring tighter security for its smart home devices. It's warning customers that it'll require two-factor authentication for accounts by the end of ...

In “LastPass Publishes More Details about Its Data Breaches” (3 March 2023), I talked about how I decided to move my two-factor authentication (2FA) codes from Authy to 1Password and how the process ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Last year, Google auto-enrolled about 150 million users and 2 ...

You can set up two-factor authentication on Amazon to keep your personal info, credit cards, and transactions secure if someone gets your password. Amazon refers to ...

You can enable two-factor authentication on Google to provide an added layer of security if, for example, your password is compromised. Two-factor authentication ...

You may think your Twitter account is very secure, but hackers have methods of guessing even the most sophisticated passwords. In light of a number of recent hacks ...

Nudging users toward security works. That’s the top-line finding four months into Google’s initiative to enroll users in two-factor authentication by default, detailed in a blog post to coincide with ...

Jerry Bailey asked “Is 2 factor authentication really more secure? How would a crook get around it? …I sometimes wonder if it is worth the bother.” Two-step verification—also known as 2-factor ...