How to set up two-factor authentication on your online services Using 2FA to protect your accounts is a lot safer than using just passwords, especially if you use a separate authenticator app.

Google’s Authenticator App Just Got a Handy New 2FA Tool You can now sync sign-in codes across devices—but they aren’t end-to-end encrypted. Photograph: Rasid Necati Aslim/Getty Images ...

How does Google Authenticator work? On many modern apps and some websites, you're often given the option to activate two-factor authentication (also known as 2FA). You'll usually find this within ...

Microsoft Authenticator is available for free as an app on the Google Play Store for Android devices and the App Store for iPhones. First-time setup involves signing into your Microsoft account.

It is simple to use two-factor authentication on your Google Account, but the process to set it up is a tad confusing. Our Android customization walks you through the setup using Google Authenticator.

It's worth noting that an authenticator app only requires a data connection during the initial setup process. After that, everything it does happens on your device.

Authenticator apps are security tools that enhance the security of your online accounts. They work by enabling two-factor authentication (2FA) or multi-factor authentication (MFA), which adds an ...

Discord supports both, but to authenticate via SMS, you'll need to set up 2FA via an authenticator app. Let's look at how to activate two-factor authentication on Discord.

Google Authenticator is getting its first big update since September of 2017, and you’ll enjoy more than just a few cosmetic upgrades once the updated app rolls out to your Android (and ...