After extensive breaches over the past few years, companies have been working to develop a standard to protect data transfer over the internet. Protection with a single password is a thing of the past ...

After reading my article on taking precautions when using Gmail, Bill Snyder asked about accessing Gmail on other programs and devices. As I explained in the previous article, Google’s 2-step ...

Google has long offered SMS as an option to receive two-factor authentication codes for Gmail. However, there are risks associated with it. Criminals can easily intercept SMS verification and make you ...

Google is going to start enrolling all of its users in two-step verification, if they haven’t set it up already. Will it come as a shock to some? Sure. But that’s fine; the surprise will fade away, ...

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

The security of your Gmail email, and by extension the entire Google account attached to it, is very important. It's imperative you don't make it easy for hackers to get in and extract data that can ...

In addition to creating a strong password, the best way to secure your Gmail account and the sensitive data in it is to enable two-factor authentication (2FA). Although not recommended, you may need ...

On desktop, visit mail.google.com and sign in with your Gmail account. Scroll down and click on the Details under the last account activity. If you don’t see this ...

A security firm found it could bypass Google's two-step login verification process, reset a user's master password and gain full control of the account "simply by capturing a user's ...

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 ...

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