For two years, my Netflix password has been: tricke22ry-notiLonal-freely-soSak-lice-slacken. Yes, really. It is a strong, unique password, and it ticked boxes for reducing the chances of me getting ...

This week Microsoft Authenticator shuttered and Dropbox Passwords announced it would begin closing down. More and more services are heading in the direction of passkeys as passwords have become ...

Bitwarden is an excellent and safe example of a password manager, but I wanted something with a smaller footprint on my ...

Adoption of passkeys is fragmented across sites and devices. Users still need passwords for recovery and new device setup. Phishing protection makes passkeys worth adding, despite confusion. They are ...

Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...

Passwords suck. If they’re easy to remember, they’re the simplest to guess. If they’re difficult to crack, they’re the hardest to recall. Even if you use the strongest passwords possible, they’re ...

Welcome back to Your Password Sucks, the Daily Dot newsletter column that answers all your internet security-related questions. It’s been a minute since we’ve ...

I was watching television recently when a mobile alert popped up on my phone. The alert told me that several of my passwords had been compromised in a recent security breach and suggested that I ...

I'd been meaning to beef up my online security for years, but I dragged the task undone from one to-do list to the next, year after year. Until, finally, the lockdown gave me time to research ...

I know this has led to flame wars in the past, but I was playing around with using SSH keys to authenticate to my home server this morning, and came to the conclusion that it is better to use ...

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse in terms of cybersecurity bad news this week, the FBI has revealed a staggering database of 630 million compromised passwords from multiple devices ...

Cynthia Loya, 28, can access her husband's phone and social media accounts. Cynthia's husband, Jorge Loya, 27, shared his phone and social media account passwords with Cynthia while they were dating.