Two-factor authentication via SMS code can be a huge headache if you’re somewhere that you can’t receive text messages, whether that’s a remote location or on a plane. So Facebook invented a new ...

If you have a Facebook profile – it doesn’t really matter if you use it a lot or not – it’s important to secure it with two-factor authentication so your account isn’t hacked. The social network has ...

If you follow recommended security practices, you use two-factor authentication on every online service that allows it. For those who aren’t familiar with two-factor authentication, it makes it so a ...

fin1te, "an application security engineer by day, and a researcher by night," has described a simple bug "which will lead to a full takeover of any Facebook account, with no user interaction." Put ...

The Facebook Mobile service allows you to link your Facebook account to a smartphone or cell phone through SMS text messaging. Once you've set up the SMS text messaging, you can stay in touch with ...

Facebook has created a new feature called Instant Verification that is designed to help Android users login to online accounts and services without all the fuss of confirming their email address or ...

Over the last few years, Facebook has been collecting call history and SMS data from Android devices. A number of users recently discovered the data that was collected after backing up their Facebook ...

Many Web sites and apps now offer two-factor authentication (2FA), which requires you to enter a short numeric code—the so-called second factor—in addition to ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Facebook has been collecting call records and SMS data from Android devices for ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Facebook ...

We all know how much permission we have given to Facebook when it comes to personal data. They practically know everything about us, and it’s just not because we keep posting everything on Facebook, ...