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Two-factor authentication for your financial accounts — here’s how secure it really is

A talented hacker might be able to easily crack the password for your bank account – especially if it falls under the easy-to-guess formula of your first name and last initial. However, if you have ...
The Pueblo Chieftain

What is two-factor authentication, and why should you use it?

You’ve probably noticed a requirement to enter a temporary passcode sent through email or text message after giving your password to log into one of your online ...
PC World

5 things you need to know about two-factor authentication

One of the best pieces of security advice any computer expert can give you is to enable two-factor authentication for websites that support it. With password breaches so common nowadays, it could be ...
Lifehacker

Two-Step Text Authentication Isn't Enough to Keep Your Accounts Secure

Just last week, Instagram confirmed reports that it’s modifying its account security setup to allow users to log in with passcodes from security apps, like Google Authenticator, instead of simpler ...
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Twitter changing access to two-factor authentication through text messages

>> YOU ARE WATCHING WCVB. BEN: A BIG CHANGE THIS MONTH FOR TWITTER USERS WHO DON’T SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEW BLUE SERVICE. THE COMPANY IS REMOVING TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION THRU TEXT MESSAGES. THAT’S WHEN ...
Network World

Guide to two-factor authentication

Increased online fraud and new industry regulations are driving companies to search for stronger authentication methods. The problem is there’s little agreement on the best authentication method or ...
Lifehacker

No One Knows About Two-Factor Authentication, and It's Putting Their Security at Risk

Sounds strange, doesn’t it? As much as we try to promote the importance of this security measure—a secondary means of identifying that whoever is trying to log into your account is actually you—a ...
Tidbits

Two-Factor Authentication, Two-Step Verification, and 1Password

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 ...
The Daily Dot

WhatsApp rolls out extra security with 2-factor authentication

With more than 1.2 billion daily active users and 50 billion messages sent per day, WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app across the globe. That’s for good reason: Not only does the app include ...
Dark Reading

Moving Beyond 2-Factor Authentication With ‘Context’

What’s the best way to protect your proprietary business secrets or financial data? One common recommendation is to implement two-factor authentication. As you undoubtedly know, two-factor ...
VentureBeat

Two-factor authentication is a false sense of security

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The list of consumer brands adding two-factor authentication to their ...
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3 Disadvantages Of Two-Factor Authentication (2fa)

While some people may be lazy or unoriginal and use weak passwords that are easy to break, strong passwords aren’t necessarily indestructible. They can be intercepted, keylogged, or leaked in large ...