Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true

All eight of the top password managers have adopted the term “zero knowledge” to describe the complex encryption system they use to protect the data vaults that users store on their servers. The ...

Today I learned Motorola was once developing a password pill that turns your body into an authentication token: 'We have demoed this working and authenticating a p…

At the time, Motorola were also intent on 'fixing' the "mechanical mismatch between humans and electronics" with a password ...
Tech Xplore

Why 'zero-knowledge encryption' may not stop password theft if servers are hacked

People who regularly use online services have between 100 and 200 passwords. Very few can remember every single one. Password managers are therefore extremely helpful, allowing users to access all ...
Android Authority

Got a random Instagram password reset email? Here's what actually happened

A wave of password reset emails went out to Instagram users around the world over the weekend. Instagram claims there was no data breach, but rather an abuse of its reset system. Even Android ...
The Independent

Instagram password reset attacks — What you need to check right now

Can You Really Trust Health Advice You See on TikTok? Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Davey Winder, a senior ...
The Verge

Don’t click anything in that Instagram password reset email, no matter how official it looks.

Seems a lot of people got password reset requests from Instagram over the last few days, including several Verge staffers and members of their family. The email might look legit. It might even have ...
SFGate

SF: Mayor Lurie Announces New Reset Center To Combat Drug Use

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced Wednesday plans to open a Rapid Enforcement, Support, Evaluation, and Triage or RESET Center to get drug users off the street in the city. The center will ...
TWCN Tech News

Can’t sign into Microsoft account after Password Reset

When Microsoft’s security systems detect something unusual, such as multiple attempts to sign in, whether by you or someone else, they act like a watchful guard. To protect your account, they may ...
Lifehacker

All the Different Email Addresses You Should Set Up (and What to Use Them For)

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...
AOL

10 Actors You Forgot Were on “Little House on the Prairie”,“ ”from Johnny Cash to Jason Bateman

Throughout the series' nine seasons, several future and established celebrities guest starred on the show Decades after its initial run in the 1970s and 1980s, Little House on the Prairie continues to ...
Oregonian

Asking Eric: I was miserable after close family ‘forgot’ my birthday

Dear Eric: I’m the first to recognize we live in a different world than 20 or 25 years ago. That is to say everything seems to have become so fast-paced; everyone is always busy, no time for anything, ...