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11 Reasons Why You Sorta Love Passwords We asked you to tell the truth about why you secretly love passwords. From the heartfelt to the hilarious, here's what you had to say. (image by greenview, via Adobe Stock) All week long we have been observing World Password Day. It's not a day to celebrate passwords, but rather to gather together and hope for an end to the pain they cause. Nevertheless, there are things to like about passwords. So we asked you to send us your true feelings. Here's what you had to say: The Alternatives Are Unreliable "It is not that I especially like passwords, it's j...

Yesterdaze: Rabbits aren't our only pests Newsroom 6 hrs ago © Provided by Newsroom Editor’s note: The opinions in this article are the author’s, as published by our content partner, and do not represent the views of MSN or Microsoft. Rabbits aren't the only designated pests we can't quite eradicate in this country. James Elliott looks at why we can't shed Colin Craig from the news cycle, and why we can't seem to get Trevor Mallard under control. It’s been a huge news week. Tuesday (May the fourth …) was Star Wars Day, yesterday was International No Diet Day, and today is World Pa...

Gif: Google Security experts have been banging the drum about password managers and enabling two-factor authentication for what seems like an eternity. Probably because year after year, hordes of you keep using “123456" and “password” to secure your shit online. Well, Google’s not having it anymore. So long as you provide a secondary email or phone number, the company will soon start automatically enabling 2FA on your Google Accounts. Advertisement The change isn’t so much an announcement, as it is a little tidbit included in an official Google blog on password security published t...

Google Plans to Switch 2FA (Two-Factor Authentication) On by Default May 7, 2021 08:45 GMT   ·  Comment      Google 2FA By Default The company wants you to stop relying on your password alone to protect your account. In a blog post published on Thursday, the company stats that it plans to prompt users to enable the two-factor authentication. Accounts that already benefit from the setting are solely asked to confirm user identity. Soon, the two-factor authentication will become the norm for all accounts. According to Google’s senior director of product management, Mark Risher,...

Google to Opt People Into Two-Factor Authentication Automatically Google will start with those who regularly engage with Google products on mobile and have recovery options saved to their accounts, but going forward, 2FA will be opt out rather than opt in. By Michael Kan (Image: Getty) To stop hackers, Google is preparing to automatically turn on two-factor authentication for user accounts rather than make it opt-in. “Soon we’ll start automatically enrolling users in 2SV [two-step verification] if their accounts are appropriately configured,” Mark Risher, a Google director of ...