{"id":6404,"date":"2019-10-29T14:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/?p=6404"},"modified":"2019-10-29T14:35:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T19:35:59","slug":"the-best-two-factor-authentication-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/the-best-two-factor-authentication-app\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best  Two-Factor Authentication App"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The most important thing you can do to increase your online security, alongside using a <a href=\"https:\/\/thewirecutter.com\/reviews\/best-password-managers\/\">password manager<\/a>, is to enable two-factor authentication. After interviewing three experts and testing seven authenticator apps, we think <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wclink.co\/link\/26304\/0\/4\/102269\/?merchant=Authy\" target=\"_blank\">Authy<\/a> has the best combination of compatibility, usability, security, and reliability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you log in to an online account with two-factor authentication  enabled, the site first asks for your username and password, and then,  in a second step, it typically asks for a code. Even if someone gets  ahold of your username and password, they still can\u2019t log in to your  account without the code. This code, which is time-sensitive, can come  to you via SMS, or it can be generated by a two-factor authentication  app, such as <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wclink.co\/link\/26304\/0\/4\/102269\/?merchant=Authy\" target=\"_blank\">Authy<\/a>,  on your phone. When you open Authy you see a grid with large icons that  makes it easy to find the account you\u2019re looking for, copy the security  token, and get on with your day.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read more at &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thewirecutter.com\/reviews\/best-two-factor-authentication-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Best  Two-Factor Authentication App (opens in a new tab)\">The Best  Two-Factor Authentication App<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most important thing you can do to increase your online security, alongside using a password manager, is to enable two-factor authentication. After interviewing three experts and testing seven authenticator apps, we think Authy has the best combination of compatibility, usability, security, and reliability. When you log in to an online account with two-factor authentication [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,6],"tags":[1160,1742],"class_list":["post-6404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-identity-space","category-news","tag-2fa","tag-two-factor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Identity_and_Access_Management_Post.png?fit=141%2C124&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p25vfy-1Fi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6405,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404\/revisions\/6405"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allidm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}