You'll soon see a big change in how your Gmail account is secured and your two-factor authenticated logins are handled. Google has said it's planning to stop sending 2FA codes via text message to ...

Telegram now supports passkey logins, allowing users to sign in with Face ID, Touch ID, or a device PIN instead of passwords ...

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a fantastic security measure, but not all 2FA is created equal. SMS-based 2FA is by far the least secure authentication option, and yet, far too many companies use ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More We’re all familiar with the SMS text message based security codes used as ...

A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their ...

Google is now planning to phase out the use of SMS authentication for Gmail, and the company is looking towards using other methods that are far safer and more convenient than text messages. Various ...

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In an email conversation with Forbes published in a story on Sunday, Gmail spokesperson Ross Richendrfer described this upcoming change. Instead of entering your number and getting a six-digit code ...

If you're having trouble receiving an SMS code from Instagram, you may need to try another form of two-factor authentication. You should also make sure your phone isn't in Do not disturb mode and that ...

Elon Musk disabled specific microservices at Twitter, which likely included Twitter SMS 2FA. If you used text messages to prove your identity when logging into Twitter, you wouldn’t be able to do that ...

Facebook, PayPal, Microsoft, Twitter, Sony, Uber, Dropbox, Amazon... the list goes on. It’s strikingly ironic—these companies are rightly pushing us to better secure our apps and services with ...