SMS sign-in links are spreading fast and quietly opening doors to private data that few users realize is exposed ...

We've probably all received confirmation codes sent via text message when trying to sign into an account. Those codes are supposed to serve as two-factor authentication to confirm our identity and ...

Multifactor authentication that uses SMS messaging as a second factor is vulnerable to simple hacks. User education is the best defense. As our world moves away from password-based authentication to ...

Short Message Service (SMS) has been a staple of text messaging since the flip phone, but it may be time to let it evolve. SMS was created in 1992, back when cellphones could be mistaken for bricks.

Today, it is more vital than ever for companies to be able to reach their target audiences where they are. Email and social media have long been staples of customer engagement strategies, but the ...

In an email conversation with Forbes published in a story on Sunday, Gmail spokesperson Ross Richendrfer described this upcoming change. Instead of entering your number and getting a six-digit code ...

Facebook, PayPal, Microsoft, Twitter, Sony, Uber, Dropbox, Amazon... the list goes on. It’s strikingly ironic—these companies are rightly pushing us to better secure our apps and services with ...

Since two-factor authentication became the norm for web services that care about securing your accounts, it's started to feel like a security blanket, an extra layer keeping your data safe no matter ...

A username and password just won’t cut it anymore. Users around the world logging into Gmail have often relied on Google SMS pings to securely access their accounts, but that’s changing. Google now ...

The world loves WhatsApp and other texting apps. Americans are chatting in their own bubble. By Shira Ovide This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. Here is a collection of past columns. My ...