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It seems like there’s a cell phone in virtually every pocket these days, and having one in yours makes it easy to lock down access to many of your online accounts using a method known as Two-Factor Authentication.
The concept behind Two-Factor Authentication is simple, and it’s extremely effective at keeping miscreants from logging into your account.
This is how it works: [Read more…]
Your Facebook account is a huge target for hackers for a lot of reasons such as targeting you for identity theft, harassing your Facebook friends in your name, and many others.
There are several things you can do to lock down your account such as choosing a strong, yet easy to remember password, but to really to secure your Facebook account from hackers you need to enable Two-Factor Authentication.
Two-Factor Authentication works like this: [Read more…]
Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Monday, November 29, 2021.
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Square is a popular credit card processing service that lets thousands of small businesses and merchants accept credit cards without having to buy an expensive card terminal or pay super-exorbitant fees.
And as you might expect, Square customers are frequently targeted by hackers.
Luckily, you can easily protect your own Square account from those hacking attempts by enabling Two-Factor Authentication. [Read more…]