Switching on two-factor authentication (2FA) is literally one of the best and easiest security upgrades you can make. However, when I switched phones and lost access to some of my accounts, it dawned ...

Cybercrime is getting more sophisticated — and expensive. Cybersecurity Ventures estimates global cybercrime costs could approach $12 trillion annually by 2030. That kind of exposure is hard to ignore ...

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 ...

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

Proton introduced its very first two-factor authentication app on Thursday. Now available across Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux, Proton Authenticator is an open-source alternative to ...

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) ...

If you currently use a rival authenticator app that does allow you to export your data, you can import that into Proton's alternative to get started. Proton Authenticator gives "users peace of mind ...

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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 ...

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 ...