Many Web sites and apps now offer two-factor authentication (2FA), which requires you to enter a short numeric code—the so-called second factor—in addition to ...

(TNS) -- Satish Mehra tried to log into his Social Security account, but he was locked out. To access his information, Mehra needed an authentication code required under a new security measure put in ...

“Already having our primary access points for code and infrastructure behind strong authentication requiring two factor authentication (2FA), we learned that SMS-based authentication is not nearly as ...

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