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Multi-Factor Authentication

Multi-factor authentication (also Two-factor authentication, TFA, T-FA or 2FA) is an approach to authentication which requires the presentation of two or more of the three authentication factors: a knowledge factor ("something the user knows"), a possession factor ("something the user has"), and an inherence factor ("something the user is").

Pardon the Intrusion #20: SMS authentication needs to go
  • Security

Pardon the Intrusion #20: SMS authentication needs to go

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 5 years ago
Here’s how to enable 2FA to keep your Nintendo Switch safe
  • Play

Here’s how to enable 2FA to keep your Nintendo Switch safe

  • Rachel Kaser
  • 5 years ago
Pardon the Intrusion #13: Policing using AI
  • Security

Pardon the Intrusion #13: Policing using AI

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 5 years ago

Pardon the Intrusion #11: No more passwords
  • Security

Pardon the Intrusion #11: No more passwords

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 5 years ago
Crypto exchange Poloniex forces users to change passwords after data leak
  • User (computing)

Crypto exchange Poloniex forces users to change passwords after data leak

  • Matthew Beedham
  • 5 years ago
PSA: Twitter finally ditches SMS for two-factor authentication
  • Twitter

PSA: Twitter finally ditches SMS for two-factor authentication

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 5 years ago
Safari gets support for hardware security keys with iOS 13.3
  • Security

Safari gets support for hardware security keys with iOS 13.3

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 5 years ago
Pardon the Intrusion #3: it’s 2FA or bust
  • Security

Pardon the Intrusion #3: it’s 2FA or bust

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 5 years ago
Your smart watch will soon log you into your accounts without a password
  • Security

Your smart watch will soon log you into your accounts without a password

  • Ravie Lakshmanan
  • 5 years ago
Study: Americans still confused by 2FA, encryption & private browsing
  • Privacy

Study: Americans still confused by 2FA, encryption & private browsing

  • Bryan Clark
  • 5 years ago
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