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) ...

Deciding whether to use a password manager or an authenticator app can be confusing. Here are some things you need to ...

Unless you’re using passkeys, two-factor authentication should be considered a must for security and privacy. If your primary access to the internet is your phone, you are probably using a tool like ...

There’s a new authenticator app to take away market share from the corporate authenticators offered by Google and Microsoft. Two things can be true about true-factor authentication (2FA). One, the ...

Bitwarden has just launched a new multi-factor authenticator app called Bitwarden Authenticator, which is available for iOS and Android devices. The app uses time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs) for ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Proton has launched a new 2FA app, called Authenticator. This is an open-source app that offers multi-device sync, the ability to export/import 2FA tokens, and end-to-end encryption. The app is ...

Passwords alone are no longer enough. Data breaches, phishing attacks, and credential-stuff bots have made two-factor authentication (2FA) a baseline requirement for anyone who worries about their ...

If you use Microsoft Authenticator, there are important steps you might want to take this month when it comes to password management. Get the details. Microsoft will make saved passwords inaccessible ...