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So, on the strong recommendations of Ars and the forums back in the day, I had been using Authy, originally on Android/MacOS but recently on an iPhone and Windows 10. Then, of course, Authy stopped ...

GitHub is warning users that they will soon have limited functionality on the site if they do not enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on their accounts. In emails sent to GitHub users on Christmas ...

Zoom has announced that starting today it has added two-factor authentication (2FA) support to all user accounts to make it simpler to secure them against security breaches and identity theft. With ...

The internet has always been a place where you need to be careful about how and with whom you share your personal information. But as we live more of our lives online and more of the services upon ...

Why 2FA is failing and what should be done about it Your email has been sent Jack Wallen details a recent hack and why he believes one aspect of two-factor ...

Millions of users have their online accounts compromised every day. Password lists are traded on the dark web, and bad actors use automated processes to try them against lots of accounts and services.

Starting today, Twitter is disabling SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) for all but paying users following a decision that, not unlike other recent moves by the social media giant, has been met ...

GitHub rolling out two-factor authentication to millions of users Your email has been sent GitHub, used by the majority of major tech companies, has announced that it is rolling out 2FA. Acknowledging ...

The sensitive actions that Google is referring to are specific to three things within Gmail: Creating, editing, or importing a filter. Adding a new forwarding address from the Post Office Protocol or ...

Late on Friday, Twitter announced a new policy that will remove text message two-factor authentication (2FA) from any account that won’t pay for it. In a blog post, Twitter said that it will only ...