Two-factor authentication on Facebook adds an extra level of security to your social media account by connecting it with another device. If someone tries to sign in from an unfamiliar device, the ...

Two-factor authentication on Instagram helps secure your account and information, and there are two ways to set it up. One way is to use your cell phone — register your phone number to receive a text ...

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 ...

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 ...

You might think your password is impossible to guess, but for greater security it’s a good idea to set up two-factor authentication (2FA). Once you have this system ...

After extensive breaches over the past few years, companies have been working to develop a standard to protect data transfer over the internet. Protection with a single password is a thing of the past ...

After spending most of last fall and early spring defending its users from attacks by hackers who looked to exploit the ubiquity of Twitter’s login functions and turn users online persona’s against ...

Two-factor authentication may not be as sexy as the latest Android phone, but the technology is capturing news headlines, and deservedly so. Last week, Microsoft began rolling out this security tool ...

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