Australian government tells citizens to turn off two-factor authentication
The Australian government has repeatedly called for citizens to turn off two-factor authentication (2FA) at its main digital government portal, myGov. The portal's Twitter account has recently been updated several times with cute pictures encouraging holidaymakers to "turn off your myGov security codes" so that "you can spend more time doing the important things."
The portal is the place where Australian citizens can use...
Google bypasses the password with new phone-based authentication program
Passwords are broken. People struggle to make them complicated enough, then struggle to remember them. Or else they’re easily cracked by social engineering or just plain brute-force hacking. Many people could use two-factor authentication, but it slows down the login process and is...