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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you haven’t seen your data exposed in a major data breach within the last five years alone, you haven’t been paying attention. Billions of people worldwide have lost their data many times over. 26 ...

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 ...

Most security experts agree that two-factor authentication (2FA) is a critical part of securing your online accounts. Google agrees, but it’s taking an extra step: It’s going to sign up Google account ...

Having accounts on any online platform linked to your email or other accounts comes with a risk, even on Twitch. If you don’t have two-factor authentication set up on your Twitch account, you should ...

People who rely on this method will have until March 20 to change how they secure their account or start paying for Twitter Blue. Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social ...

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 ...

Elon Musk was right: Text messages are not the most secure way to protect your account. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times. Twitter recently ...