Microsoft Authenticator not working? Follow these simple solutions to restore access to your accounts with ease.

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 ...

Things have been busy for the privacy-first company, Proton. Just last week, they released the AI chatbot Lumo, and today, the company rolled out Proton Authenticator, its open-source and ...

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) ...

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 ...

Using a strong password is critical to keeping your online accounts secure. However, it isn’t enough on its own in today’s online threat landscape. Even the strongest passwords can fail in the face of ...

It’s been a long time coming since the first details were leaked back in August, 2024, but the new Google Authenticator app has now arrived for users to download. With 100 million plus users already, ...

There's no perfect solution, but different authentication methods can work better in some circumstances than others.

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 ...

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 ...

For those who stopped in their tracks on the authentication code screen the day after changing devicesYou switched to a new ...