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Two-factor
Anthony Caruana
Dear Lifehacker, My work wants me to enable two-factor authentication on my phone, but it seems risky. What happens if I lose my phone? Will I lose my entire account? And if I change phones, how do I move the authenticator to a new device?
Two-factor authentication is one of the most important security features you can enable. We’ve had it on Apple IDs for a while, but it didn’t work with all Apple services and apps. Today, Apple enabled the feature for iMessage and FaceTime.
Google has already been pretty great about supporting two-factor authentication. Now, the company is adding another option: authentication with a secure USB key.
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