Tech View: Authenticator apps offer another layer of security

For many years, information technology professionals have been encouraging folks to adopt multifactor authentication, commonly referred to as MFA, whenever possible. As its name implies, MFA requires, in addition to a password, the use of another factor, or type, of authentication to log in. The most popular alternate factor has been text messaging. But over the past few months, there has been an uptick in the hacking of accounts secured with MFA and text messaging. Security-minded folks should use authenticator apps instead.

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