Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Last year, Google auto-enrolled about 150 million users and 2 ...

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 ...

Your Amazon account contains sensitive information like your credit card and home address, so make two-step verification a priority. Two-step verification makes it ...

A Google account sits at the heart of the internet experience for billions of users worldwide. Protecting it is paramount if services such as Gmail, Google Docs and Google Photos are to remain secure.

Two-factor authentication is an essential security setting for any online accounts you have. It protects your accounts from falling into the wrong hands and prevents unauthorized access. But if you ...

In “LastPass Publishes More Details about Its Data Breaches” (3 March 2023), I talked about how I decided to move my two-factor authentication (2FA) codes from Authy to 1Password and how the process ...

Making it more difficult for others to get into your account. WhatsApp is preparing to greatly increase the security of its desktop and web apps by adding two-step verification during the sign-in ...

In 2021, Google started enabling two-step verification (2SV) automatically for Google accounts, citing vastly better security for the accounts that have it enabled. Now, the company shared some ...

Google back in May announced that it will be making Two-Step Verification (2-factor authentication) mandatory for all before the end of the year, and we now have a definitive date for it. When enabled ...

Google has auto enrolled more than 150 million users in 2-step verification after announcing the effort last year, noting in a release that the action has caused "the number of accounts hijacked by ...

Roland is a technology enthusiast who loves to tinker and geek out about the latest smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and other wearables and gadgets. He aims to provide honest reviews and thoughts ...