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Andy Meek
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Two-factor authentication was back in the news on Thursday, with Facebook announcing its support of physical security keys for 2FA on mobile devices via a company blog post.
The post from Facebook offered a good reminder that, while 2FA is generally thought to make it harder for people to break into your accounts, it's not as hard as you might think. This is why the world's biggest social network decided to announce this new step: "Since 2017, we’ve encouraged people that are at high risk of being targeted by malicious hackers: politicians, public figures, journalists and human rights defenders. We strongly recommend that everyone considers using physical security keys to increase the security of their accounts, no matter what device they use."
But in case that's not enough to convince you that a hacker truly committed to defeating your 2FA can do so, a scary report from Vice -- along with an anonymous author writing on Medium -- should make this absolutely clear.
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Think 2FA SMS texts make your logins safe? Look how easy they are to hack originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 18 Mar 2021 at 19:52:10 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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