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 ...

This added security layer can be annoying but it can also protect you from hackers with only a few seconds of your time This article explains two-factor authentication and how to get verification apps ...

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 ...

Google will soon start pushing more Gmail users and Google Account holders to enable two-step verification – the extra layer of security that can protect people when their credentials have been ...

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, ...

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 ...

Two-factor authentication is an essential security setting for any online accounts you have. It protects your accounts from falling into the wrong hands and prevents unauthorized access. But if you ...

Apple treats these as two distinct systems that include an extra code to protect your account. But even people who have enabled either two-step or two-factor are hard pressed to understand which is ...

Google has auto enrolled more than 150 million users in 2-step verification after announcing the effort last year, noting in a release that the action has caused "the number of accounts hijacked by ...

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...