You can now secure your Facebook account with two-factor authentication without handing over your phone number. The social network now works alongside apps like Google Authenticator, Duo Security, and ...

Twitter’s two-factor authentication system has received a long-requested boost in security, as the feature will no longer require the phone number of users. Twitter rolled out its two-factor ...

Humans seem to be terrible at creating and using strong passwords, let alone remembering them. Various technologies have popped up to alleviate those flaws, like password managers and two-factor ...

Two years ago, I got a new phone number. In the eyes of my social media and ride-hailing apps, Amazon, my bank, and the state of Pennsylvania, that effectively meant I lost my identity. Only recently ...

Twitter removed Google Voice numbers from two-factor authentication (24A) in SMS, making the company the first to block virtual phone numbers from SMS authentication. Engadget reported that users who ...

Phone numbers stink for security and authentication. They stink because most of us have so much invested in these digits that they’ve become de facto identities. At the same time, when you lose ...

Forgotten phone numbers, lingering in customers' profiles, are a potent weapon for fraudsters, turning a cornerstone of digital security — multifactor authentication — into a direct liability for ...