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There’s a better way to protect yourself from hackers and identity thieves Vox.com 5/6/2021 Sara Morrison © S3studio/Getty Images Authenticator apps like Google Authenticator might seem intimidating, but they’re easy to use and safer than texts. Open Sourced logo When people ask me for security tips, I give them the basics. One is a strong and long password with upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters. (No, “Passw0rd!” is not good enough.) Eac...

Google wants to eliminate the use of passwords, focuses on 2FA "Passwords are the single biggest threat to your online security -- they’re easy to steal, they’re hard to remember, and managing them is tedious" May 6th is World Password Day, a day dedicated to promoting safer password practices. Today, Google announced that moving forward, all users of its various services will be prompted to enable two-factor authentication, and those who have already done so will be ask...

S3studio/Getty Images Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. When people ask me for security tips, I give them the basics. One is a strong and long password with upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters. (No, “Passw0rd!” is not good enough.) Each password should also be unique to each account (We love a good password manager!). And you always use two-factor authentication, or 2FA. (Don’t be like me, who didn’t have 2FA o...

Macworld Apple should follow Google’s lead and force 2FA on all accounts Google is auto-enabling 2FA on all accounts and Apple should do the same. Credit: Dreamstime In honour of World Password Day, Google will automatically enable two-factor authentication for all Google account holders who have proper recovery information on their accounts (email or phone). Thats fantastic news and a bold step for Google, and I hope Apple follows suit. In May 2019, Google announced that th...

Google to turn on two-step verification by default Google is making a move that will probably vastly improve the security of millions of online accounts. Image: google 2021-05-06 14:05:25 UTC When someone asks me about improving their online security, I tell them to enable two-factor authentication (2FA). By introducing another security element besides your password, like a Google Authenticator code, you make it orders of magnitude harder for someone to break into your online accounts, even if...

All the talk that passwords could one day go away seemed too good to be true, yet the scales are finally started to tip to a passwordless reality. ...

1Password is among our favorite password managers, and if you also use it, you should enable two-factor authentication (2FA) to add an extra layer of security to your account. Here’s how to enable two-factor authentication in 1Password.

Type "whats the best way to remember passwords?" into Google, and youll get shy of 2 billion answers. No wonder 59% of people are doing it wrong.

iOS 14.5s best features: 19 things to try on your iPhone ASAP CNET 4 hrs ago © Provided by CNET iOS 14 changes a lot. Patrick Holland/CNET Dang! Apple is back at it again with another big iOS update, this time in the form of iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5. The latest update for your iPhone and iPad brings a healthy list of changes and improvements. Theres a new feature that makes unlocking your iPhone with Face ID while wearing a face mask a breeze (we could have used that feature about a year a...

Massachusetts Man Eric Meiggs Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Steal $530K in Cryptocurrency On 4/28/21 at 10:55 PM EDT Eric Meiggs, a 23-year-old Massachusetts man, has pleaded guilty to seven counts associated a scheme to take over peoples social media accounts. Meiggs and his cohorts attempted to steal $530,000 in cryptocurrency as well as valuable social media accounts by hacking his victims phones. Meiggs admitted that he and one or more co-conspirators had conspired to use an illegal practice c...