Don't miss out on the headlines from Opinion. Followed categories will be added to My News. Most of the community engagements I've had on the topic of fraud over the past few years have been ...

Prelude is a relatively new French startup that focuses on SMS verification; it’s announcing new funding from Singular and Seedcamp on Wednesday. The two founders met when they were working for Zenly, ...

SMS is widely regarded as an insecure form of two-factor authentication, and another example of this has just emerged. A carrier looks to be injecting ads into the Google verification code used to ...

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 ...

Google plans to replace SMS verification with QR codes due to phishing risks and security vulnerabilities exploited by scammers. QR codes will eliminate the need to enter security codes when accessing ...

On your relative’s phone, open WhatsApp and register the correct number. Enter the SMS/phone call verification code you ...

Following two weeks of extreme chaos at Twitter, users are joining and fleeing the site in droves. More quietly, many are likely scrutinizing their accounts, checking their security settings, and ...

Twitter is rolling out an updated login verification system for iPhone and Android that uses a novel cryptographic scheme that is designed to be resilient against attack and ensures that the private ...