Since beating the drum two days ago on the importance of protecting your Gmail account with Google's free "2-step verification" system, I've received a torrent of messages with "how do I do this?" or ...

Google just launched two-step verification for all Google accounts, a system which makes your Google/Gmail account—the account possibly containing the lion's share of your private communication online ...

Google has introduced a new two-step authentication feature for Gmail users that it says will significantly increase the security of the free mail service. The system enables users to set up a method ...

Creating strong passwords is fine, but you can add an extra layer of security to your Google account by enabling two-factor authentication. Adding Two-Step Verification makes it seemingly difficult ...

Google has long offered SMS as an option to receive two-factor authentication codes for Gmail. However, there are risks associated with it. Criminals can easily intercept SMS verification and make you ...

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I really wasn't going to say anything more about this topic, really, but reader A.O. just pointed a new (to me) wrinkle in Google's "two-step verification" system that seems too significant not to ...

Two-step verification is great. However, if you happen to lose your phone and don’t have a few backup codes on you then it can make finding your device on the fly a bit complicated. You can score ...

Ever since Google enabled two-step verification for Gmail and other tied authentication protocols in its ecosystem, SMS codes have been a mainstay. But according to security analyses, SMS codes are ...

Are you a student or employee? You sign into your regular accounts a different way. Office and Department accounts, legacy @alumni.luther.edu accounts, and some other types of Norse Apps (i.e. Google) ...

Since beating the drum two days ago on the importance of protecting your Gmail account with Google's free "2-step verification" system, I've received a torrent of messages with "how do I do this?" or ...