You have to have a different password for pretty much every account you own if you care about privacy. However, this can make keeping up with all your passwords ...

Modern password management has become so complicated that there are entire apps like Bitwarden and Dashlane to help people use them. For those old enough to remember the early Internet era, however, ...

In today’s Tech Bytes, a warning for users of Microsoft Authenticator: the free app, known for providing two-factor authentication for online accounts, is phasing out its password management and ...

Dave Lieber I was confused. Kept seeing mention of a security “key” offered on some of my favorite websites—Microsoft, Google, YouTube and Facebook, to name a few. I wasn’t sure if I should use it.

Apple has shipped a free password manager with iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS 15 Sequoia. This app is simply called Passwords, and unlike other "free" password managers, there's no associated costs or ...

Here's a security update to haunt your dreams, and to make the FBI's quest for un-exploitable cryptographic backdoors look all the more absurd: a team of Israeli researchers has now shown that the ...

Building on its iCloud Keychain feature, Apple has announced a new dedicated password manager app that can manage account authentication across a number of different platforms and devices. Apple, ...

In a challenge to password manager software like LastPass and 1Password, Apple is said to be creating a standalone Passwords app. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that the new Passwords app will debut ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...