2FA, or two-factor authentication, is how many of us log into our favorite sites and apps with the peace of mind that there's a second layer of security beyond a simple (or complex) password. Twilio ...

Cloud communications provider Twilio Inc. is asking Authy users to update their apps today after threat actors were able to identify data associated with Authy accounts through an unauthenticated ...

Hackers gained access to the Authy Android app database and “were able to identify data associated with [accounts], including phone numbers,” according to a July 1 security alert post issued by the ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

When I started using two-factor authentication, I saved my time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) in Google Authenticator since it was one of the first prominent tools for the job. Years later, I left ...

Recently acquired by Twilio, Authy makes it easy to send codes to users' mobile phones for that extra measure of log-in security Twilio’s recent acquisition of the Authy authentication platform makes ...

What just happened? Twilio has confirmed that a hacker stole millions of phone numbers belonging to users of its popular two-factor authentication app Authy. The company added that the threat actors ...

Twilio, the company that owns the Authy two-factor authentication ecosystem, has announced its Authy Desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux will reach end-of-life on 19 March 2024. It’s unclear ...

Still looking for an alternative to Authy, the two-factor authenticator that used to have a desktop app? Ente Auth, an open-source application, might be what you're looking for. Authy, if you don't ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...