Adding multi-factor authentication (often called two-factor authentication, or 2FA) to high-value online accounts is one of the most important security precautions you can take. It takes just a few ...

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 ...

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is essential for securing your accounts these days. It isn’t enough to have a password anymore. Between password leaks, and weak and reused passwords, it’s too easy for ...

This time, we want to export account information from Google's two-factor authentication app, Google Authenticator, and import it into Proton Authenticator, so we'll start by exporting from Google ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Linux has a new authenticator app, and it’s easy enough for anyone to use Your email has been sent I’ve relied on various authenticator apps for some time. For ...

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I used to recommend and use Google Authenticator for my 2SV (two-step verification) needs. But over the years, it was superseded by more advanced apps that do more and which make the security offered ...

Learn how to disable Microsoft's default requirement for its Authenticator app in Microsoft 365 and regain control over your organization's multifactor authentication settings. Although Microsoft has ...

The other day Twitter made SMS-based two-factor authentication paid on its platform. But that’s not the only way to secure your Twitter or any other accounts using two-factor authentication. There are ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It looks like Microsoft is letting free its brand-new two-factor authentication (2FA) app for ...