![]() You'll find all the terms used interchangeably with "multi-step," "two-step," and "verification," depending on the marketing.Īs PCMag's Lead Security Analyst Neil J. We used to call it two-factor authentication (2FA), but more factors are better. That's why many internet services, a number of which have felt the pinch of being hacked or breached, offer multi-factor authentication ( MFA). What you really need is a second way to verify yourself. ![]() (You can stop changing your passwords constantly unless they're in a breach.) Even when strong, though, passwords are a pretty laughable method of authentication, because they can be scooped up pretty easily by a variety of methods. What's the average internet user to do? Well, you should have strong passwords. The 2014 Heartbleed bug exposed millions of internet logins to scammers thanks to one itty-bitty piece of code, and our security nightmares have only gotten progressively worse in the years since.
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