I review privacy tools like hardware security keys, password managers, private messaging apps and ad-blocking software. I also report on online scams and offer advice to families and individuals about ...

2FA, or two-factor authentication, is a type of MFA (multi-factor authentication) that uses two factors to verify your identity at the time of login. While one of these factors is almost always the ...

Authenticator apps are increasing in adoption as they add another layer of security to user identity verification. An ITRC study found that more than 1.35 billion individuals had their personal data ...

Google Authenticator is available for Android and iOS devices. I tested the app using a Samsung Galaxy A71 5G and an iPhone 14 Pro. Unlike Authy, which offers a version for watchOS, Google ...

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Last year, Sergio Caltagirone found himself in a tough spot. While traveling, his phone broke and stopped working completely. With no access to his Google and Microsoft authenticator apps, he lost ...

Finally, Google has updated its useful Authenticator app on iOS to allow users to export their myriad of tokens and import them on another iPhone directly within the app. This has been my biggest ...

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Read an article at Ars talking about how Amazon has implemented 2 factor authentication. I thought hmm, I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon, I should look into this. So I downloaded Microsoft ...

Two factor authentication is becoming an increasingly common part of keeping one's accounts secure online, and Google has just updated its Authenticator app for iOS. Outwardly, version 2.0 brings a ...