Two-factor authentication (2FA) provides an extra layer of security for online accounts like banking or emails. It combines a traditional password with a different device you have access to, such as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Following in the footsteps of Google and other services, Dropbox this weekend enabled two-factor authentication to bring enhanced security to its users. As with Google’s implementation, Dropbox’s ...

I do my banking and money management with a U.S.-based global financial planning company. Like most such companies, this one is pushing its customers toward the Web for conducting transactions.

With the recent news that over 100,000 Nintendo accounts have had their security compromised, lots of players are worried and are wondering how they can make their Switch more secure. Changing your ...

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 ...

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 ...

A Rocklin man lost his wife this year. When he found himself locked out of their email account, he decided to ask CBS13 and the Call Kurtis consumer investigative team for help. Two-step ...