Step-by-step guide to setting up two-factor authentication on Google, Apple, Microsoft, and social platforms for stronger account security.

Security is important both on and offline. Nest has a great collection of products from cameras to alarm systems to help you secure your home, but those products are only as secure as your account.

You lock your doors—why not your accounts? 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 ...

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 ...

WhatsApp is adding an extra security feature to help keep its more than a billion users safe from hacks. The company is rolling out two-step verification to its users worldwide. When it’s available ...

Following in the footsteps of Google and other services, Dropbox this weekend enabled two-factor authentication to bring enhanced security to its users. As with Google’s implementation, Dropbox’s ...

You can set up two-factor authentication on Amazon to keep your personal info, credit cards, and transactions secure if someone gets your password. Amazon refers to ...

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

Nudging users toward security works. That’s the top-line finding four months into Google’s initiative to enroll users in two-factor authentication by default, detailed in a blog post to coincide with ...

You can turn off two-factor authentication on your iPhone, though the security feature is important. If you want to turn off two-factor authentication, you can only do it within two weeks of ...