Step-by-step guide to setting up two-factor authentication on Google, Apple, Microsoft, and social platforms for stronger account security.

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 ...

This added security layer can be annoying but it can also protect you from hackers with only a few seconds of your time This ...

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 ...

Arlo is following the leads of Nest and Ring in requiring tighter security for its smart home devices. It's warning customers that it'll require two-factor authentication for accounts by the end of ...

Google announced that it has simplified the 2-step verification process on its popular Workspace collaboration platform, and we’re going to help you figure it out. In a digital world filled with data ...

WhatsApp is adding an extra security feature to help keep its more than a billion users safe from hacks. The company is rolling out two-step verification to its users worldwide. When it’s available ...

Jerry Bailey asked “Is 2 factor authentication really more secure? How would a crook get around it? …I sometimes wonder if it is worth the bother.” Two-step verification—also known as 2-factor ...

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 ...

You can turn off two-factor authentication on your iPhone, though the security feature is important. If you want to turn off two-factor authentication, you can only do it within two weeks of ...

Well, it happened again, a frantic Gmail user asked for help because they got locked out of their own account by a hacker. Google has various resources for recovering a compromised account, but ...