Authentication has been a part of digital life since MIT set up a password on their shared-access computer in 1961. Today, authentication covers virtually every interaction you can have on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google Authenticator is a free security app that can protect your accounts against password theft. It's easy to set up and can be used in a process called two-factor authentication (2FA) offered on ...

In “Two-Factor Authentication, Two-Step Verification, and 1Password” (10 July 2023), I explained that for true two-factor authentication, you needed to acquire your time-based one-time password (TOTP) ...

Elon Musk was right: Text messages are not the most secure way to protect your account. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times. Twitter recently ...