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This is a continuation of my post on enabling two-factor authentication for Mastodon accounts. For users new to two-factor authentication, I highly recommend you start there. Recent versions of Mastodon allow you to add a security key as an alternate form of a second factor. What's a security key? Basically,...
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Password managers are thankfully becoming a mainstream topic. In addition to seeing commercials for certain ones from time to time, it's ...
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2-Factor Authentication (2FA) or Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) are ways of securing accounts above and beyond normal password protection. Typically, we think of 2FA as something you know (your password) and something you have (a device). The idea is that if you compromise one, you still cant get access to the protected resource. A room protected by a keypad and ID card reader is a great example of 2FA. You might be able to guess the code, but youd also need a valid ID card to get access to the locked...
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Sometimes authentication/verification involves several steps, such as "two-factor authentication" or "2-step verification."...
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