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Android 15 is still under development, but on Friday, February 16, Google released the first Developer Preview of the upcoming operating system. The tech giant said that the new Android software will largely focus on security, and a new report claims to have found three new ways it will make your smartphone and your sensitive data more secure. According to it, Android 15 will be able to better protect the notifications that arise from two-factor authentications (2FA) so that a malicious app or malware cannot access it to…

We get it. Turning on two-factor authentication for your online accounts can be a pain. But like going to the dentist, it’s just something you have to do.On Tuesday, someone broke into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s official X account and tweeted that spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds had been approved, sending the price of the cryptocurrency briefly higher. The official-looking announcement was a hack, an SEC spokeswoman said; the agency did officially approve the ETFs on Wednesday. Copyright ©2024Dow Jones…

Meta recently changed how two-factor authentication works for Facebook and Instagram. You might have received a notification about this, but it was easy to miss in the platform’s sea of red alerts. OK, so what’s different? “Any devices you’ve frequently used Facebook on in the past two years will be automatically trusted,” reads Meta’s updated settings page. This means it’s automatically adjusted, unless you go into your settings and opt out.Over the years, Meta has made multiple tweaks to how it deploys 2FA. In 2018, it…

A warning to those feeling secure with two-factor authentication. If you lose or break your phone, you could lose access to your authenticator app’s essential codes…and the online accounts they’re supposed to protect.  Copyright ©2023Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 A warning to those feeling secure with two-factor authentication. If you lose or break your phone, you could lose access to your authenticator app’s essential codes…and the online accounts they’re supposed…

Twitter is set to begin charging users to receive SMS codes for two-factor authentication (2FA) on Monday. The company, which was acquired by Elon Musk in October 2022, announced last month that only users who had paid to subscribe to Twitter Blue would be able to request login codes via SMS, in order to secure their account. The service continues to allow users to protect their accounts with a second authentication method, which is required after their password is entered.Last month, Twitter announced that as of March 20…

To prevent hackers from accessing your Twitter account, you may use two-factor authentication (2FA). Users need both a password and a security code or key to access their accounts. Nevertheless, Twitter has stated that, from today, only Twitter Blue members will be able to enrol their accounts in the text message/SMS mode of 2FA. As of March 20th, the new regulation will be in force. The annual cost of Twitter Blue is Rs 6,800, whereas the monthly cost is Rs 650. Anybody who pays for one will get a blue…

Recently, it was announced that Twitter would only offer SMS-based two-factor authentication (2FA) to its Twitter Blue members (those who are willing to pay $8 a month on Android or $11 a month on iOS). To tell you the truth, my first reaction was: just as well. If you want to use 2FA to secure your social media or another account, using text messaging is not the way to go. You’re much better off using either a third-party authenticator app or a hardware security key.What are security keys?Security keys, such as the ones…

Twitter has confirmed that it is now only offering SMS-based two-factor authentication as an option to people who pay for its Twitter Blue subscription service.In a blog post, the company confirmed that the change would kick in on March 20. After that date anyone who already has SMS two-factor authentication enabled will see it disabled, meaning they'll have no second factor available to them. The security of their Twitter account will be severely impacted as a result.The move comes as Twitter is reportedly losing money…

There are loads, from the ubiquitous Google Authenticator. For Android there's Aegis, and then there's those built into password managers such as Bitwarden Scan the QR code to add your Twitter account to your authenticator app Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETIf you can't scan in the code, you can enter a text code into your authenticator app which does the same as the QR code. The text code works when you can't scan in the QR code Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET To make sure that you've correctly added your Twitter…

Image Source : FREEPIK Twitter to charge for SMS-based two-factor authentication Twitter has announced that the text message (SMS)two-factor authentication will only be limited to Twitter Blue members from March 20. This implies that users who protect their accounts through text messages will lose the extra degree of security until they abandon that method or…