The FIDO Alliance wants to remove our stupid brains from authentication entirely. With good reason. The world’s most common passwords are still 123456, 123456789, qwerty, and password. The most common ...

Most people who regularly access Facebook from their computer or mobile devices are probably already logged into it, so entering a password upon launching the platform is not necessary. But sometimes ...

Apple Notes allows you to secure your notes with a password or biometrics to prevent unauthorized access. As such, you need to either enter your password or authenticate yourself with Touch ID/Face ID ...

So you just found that your Gmail password isn't working. In the moment of panic that follows, you're probably wondering if you were hacked, or if you simply don't remember what the password was. The ...

Q: I’ve forgotten the password for my Windows laptop and can’t get in. What are my options? A: Digital security is a challenge for every company to manage as they try to balance security with ...

Few things are as annoying as forgetting your login information. And fewer things are as disconcerting as suspecting your account may have been hacked. Thankfully, the steps for changing or resetting ...

Do you frequently forget passwords to a baffling array of accounts and websites? Much depends on a password's importance and how often you use it, according to a study that could spur improved ...

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Nearly two-thirds of Americans avoid using websites or accounts for which they have forgotten their password, according to new research published today by LastPass. The password manager and Vault app ...

Yesterday we reported on a fairly common issue where a Mac OS X application "forgets" passwords that are stored in the Keychain. This usually involves constant prompting for the password even though ...