Friday 25 October 2019
Subscribe to this bi-weekly newsletter here! Welcome to the third edition of Pardon The Intrusion, where we explore the wild world of security. Almost everyone agrees that two-factor authentication (2FA) is the holy grail when it comes to keeping our accounts safe from breaches. Still, it’s unbelievable how many companies screw this up, like Twitter did earlier this month. The social media platform recently disclosed it “accidentally” used email addresses and phone numbers provided for account security purposes to target ads. 2FA can be implemented with SMS (the weakest way), an authenticator app, biometrics, or even a hardware security key that you plug into your device…
This story continues at The Next Web
