Beyond just making social media venues safer, here's how to shift away from SMS-based two-factor authentications and secure your online life properly, by using Google Authenticator on your iPhone.

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 into an account but it's worth it. Not using ...

It's not safe to have security codes texted to your phone. Luckily, there are other ways to log into your accounts.

(Here’s how to use the two-factor process for iPhone and iPad.) And if you use Safari, you can enter two-factor ...

If you already use Google Authenticator on an iPhone, iPad, or Android device, make sure you've updated it to the latest version. The easiest way to set up two-factor authentication for a website ...

A million two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS passed through an obscure third-party company. Here's how it happened and why it's a problem.

Unlike SMS codes, authenticator apps ... These codes don’t last long—about 30 seconds—so it’s harder for someone else to use a code, ... You can’t easily move between Android and iPhone.

SMS two-factor authentication is no longer available on Twitter, unless you pay for Twitter Blue. Fortunately, if your an iPhone user, there's a better option anyway.

This code can be found in the Microsoft Authenticator app and can be copied to your phone's clipboard by tapping and holding it. The code refreshes every 30 seconds, so be sure to utilize it in ...

Google Authenticator just got an update that should make it more useful for people who frequently use the service to sign in to apps and websites.. As of today, Google Authenticator will now sync ...

Setting up two-factor authentication on macOS is easy—you can scan a QR code for an automatic setup, or enter a code manually, and you’re good to go. The process for most websites, apps, and ...