Last fall, WhatsApp, a highly popular messaging application owned by Facebook, introduced a two-factor verification feature, although the added layer of security was only accessible to Android and ...

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 ...

You know you should use two-factor authentication everywhere you can, but there’s also “two-step” authentication, which may come off like the same thing. They’re really not. Here’s the difference, and ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Q: Let’s talk two-step authentication. As I understand it, the system improves security by requiring the user to log in ...

If you want to keep your online accounts safe, adding two-factor authentication (2FA) is the single most important step you can take. While no security measure is 100 percent hackproof, 2FA is going ...

With the number of hacks and log-in leaks on the rise, two-step verification is a must, even if it makes signing into your accounts a chore. However, with a new verification method, Google Prompt, two ...

Earlier this year, WhatsApp made your chats more secure on its app with end-to-end encryption. Now the Facebook-owned company is looking into making it tougher for fraudsters to get hold of your ...

After spending most of last fall and early spring defending its users from attacks by hackers who looked to exploit the ubiquity of Twitter’s login functions and turn users online persona’s against ...

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, Amazon.com has given users the option to enable two-step authentication on their accounts. Two-factor verification isn’t mandatory, but in general, it’s a ...

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 ...

Security is important both on and offline. Nest has a great collection of products from cameras to alarm systems to help you secure your home, but those products are only as secure as your account.