Google’s updated 2FA setup no longer requires a phone number by default. Users can set up 2FA directly with an authenticator app or hardware key, skipping SMS verification. Google has streamlined its ...

Welcome to Your Password Sucks, the Daily Dot newsletter that answers all your internet security-related questions. Today, we’re here to discuss which two-factor authentication (2FA) you should use.

Our smartphones hold almost every important detail of our lives. They store our memories, essential documents, private chats, and, of course, financial apps. While Google has made progress in ...

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 ...

Two-Factor authentication is your last line of online defense. Using a mobile authenticator app isn't hard to set up. Yeah, it takes extra seconds to get into an ...

Two-factor authentication adds an extra layer of defense against hackers—even if your password is stolen or guessed, another checkpoint will block account access. I regularly recommend enabling 2FA as ...