You can now secure your Facebook account with two-factor authentication without handing over your phone number. The social network now works alongside apps like Google Authenticator, Duo Security, and ...

Authentication has been a part of digital life since MIT set up a password on their shared-access computer in 1961. Today, authentication covers virtually every interaction you can have on the ...

First, turn on two-factor authentication for the account. You'll get a QR code or setup key. Next, open the Google Authenticator app and tap the plus sign. Record the 2FA code/key. Whenever you're ...

Phillip Moyer has been using Android since its biggest selling points were Flash support and sliding physical keyboards, and has been using Chromebooks ever since Chromium OS was first published as an ...

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 ...

Yesterday Facebook announced that it changed the way two-factor authentication is set up, calling it “easier” than before. The social media giant says that they’ve set up a “streamlined setup flow” to ...

SMS two-factor authentication is no longer available on Twitter, unless you pay for Twitter Blue. Fortunately, if your an iPhone user, there's a better option anyway. With more than a decade of ...

Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds a vital security layer by requiring both your password and a second verification step—like a phone code or app prompt—before ...

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 ...

Two-factor authentication on Facebook adds an extra level of security to your social media account by connecting it with another device. If someone tries to sign in from an unfamiliar device, the ...

Two-factor authentication on Instagram helps secure your account and information, and there are two ways to set it up. One way is to use your cell phone — register your phone number to receive a text ...