Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

Twitter has ended free two-factor authentication via text message, a crucial tool for users to keep themselves safe from hackers. But there’s an alternative that offers even better security and ...

Google is to finally phase out the use of text message authentication for logging in to Gmail on laptops and PCs in favour of smartphone camera-scanned QR codes. The shift, it claims, will improve ...

When signing in to web services, many people have set up two-step authentication or multi-factor authentication because authentication using only an email address and password can be insecure. However ...

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 ...

Most readers will have at some point received a two-factor authentication code delivered to them by SMS text message. Many apps and websites send the one-time codes to confirm that the person ...

Instagram Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) code sent on WhatsApp will be possible in the future, an app analyst and leaker suggested. The planned feature will not replace the current authentication ...