# two factor authentication — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover two factor authentication. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why Did My Security Software Not Detect a Virus on My PC?](https://askleo.com/security-software-not-detect-a-virus/) _2026-08-17 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Malware can slip past even a good antivirus program. Using my silliest metaphor yet, I'll explain vulnerabilities, exploits, and what actually keeps you safe. Learn how infections happen and what you can do about it. Why Did My Security Software Not Detect a Virus on My PC? from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/6276.mp3) ## [The Easy-to-Avoid Two-Factor Loss Risk](https://askleo.com/two-factor-loss-risk/) _2026-08-15 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Two-factor authentication keeps your accounts safe, but what happens if you lose your phone or key fob? I'll walk you through what you need to do now so you never need to worry about being locked out later. The Easy-to-Avoid Two-Factor Loss Risk from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/17345.mp3) ## [Your 6 Strongest Practical Password Techniques, Ranked](https://askleo.com/practical-password-techniques/) _2026-08-14 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Not all passwords are created equal. Some resist hackers for centuries; others fall in seconds. I'll rank six password techniques from strongest to weakest, including one horrible password I still remember from 45 years ago, and how even that can be made secure. Your 6 Strongest Practical Password Techniques, Ranked from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter:… [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/132876.mp3) ## [How Do I Make Sure Windows is Really, Completely Up to Date?](https://askleo.com/how-do-i-make-sure-windows-is-really-completely-up-to-date/) _2026-08-13 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Windows Update usually keeps your PC current, but not always right away. I'll show you how to check for updates until none are left, so you can be confident your Windows computer is as up to date as it can be. How Do I Make Sure Windows is Really, Completely Up to Date? from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/132414.mp3) ## [Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices for Sharing Links](https://askleo.com/tips-tricks-and-best-practices-for-sharing-links/) _2026-08-12 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Sharing a link seems simple, but some methods create long, broken, or trackable URLs. I'll show you how to copy clean links, strip out tracking codes, shorten long URLs, link to a highlight or video moment, and check that the link will work. Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices for Sharing Links from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/195019.mp3) ## [How to Avoid Ransomware](https://askleo.com/how-to-avoid-ransomware/) _2026-08-10 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Ransomware can lock up every file on your computer and hold it hostage until you pay. I'll discuss defenses that work, why backups are your best insurance, and why you should never, ever pay the ransom. How to Avoid Ransomware from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/6232.mp3) ## [Your partner as an attack surface](https://www.sarah-savage.com/your-partner-as-an-attack-surface/) _2026-08-10 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ When it comes to WordPress security, I employ numerous defense-in-depth techniques. From a WAF to locking down WordPress core and keeping up to date with patches (and others I won’t disclose), my goal is to ensure that an attacker has… continue reading The post Your partner as an attack surface first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [Is Using the Cloud Safe?](https://askleo.com/is_the_cloud_dangerous/) _2026-08-08 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Is the cloud really dangerous, or is that just a lack of understanding? I'll break down what "the cloud" actually is, why it's no riskier than email or online banking, and the simple habits that keep your data safe no matter where it lives. Is Using the Cloud Safe? from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/5701.mp3) ## [A One-Step Way to Lose Your Account Forever](https://askleo.com/a-one-step-way-to-lose-your-account-forever/) _2026-08-07 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Most people who lose an account never get it back, and it's usually their own fault. I'll discuss why alternate email addresses and phone numbers are the key to account recovery, and the habit most people forget that locks them out for good. A One-Step Way to Lose Your Account Forever from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/15584.mp3) ## [Why Ask Why?](https://askleo.com/why-ask-why/) _2026-08-06 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Wonder why software makers make the choices they do? Me too. But asking "why" rarely brings relief... except in one case. Why Ask Why? from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/13312.mp3) ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XfoaZJnC2tEA) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [How Do I Change My Windows PIN?](https://askleo.com/how-do-i-change-my-windows-pin/) _2026-08-05 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Changing your Windows sign-in PIN isn't a setting in your Microsoft account; it's set on each device. I'll show you where to find it, why a PIN is safer than you might think, and when you should change it. How Do I Change My Windows PIN? from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/194704.mp3) ## [Checklists are for verifying, not remembering](https://www.sarah-savage.com/checklists-are-for-verifying-not-remembering/) _2026-08-03 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ I’ve been a commercial pilot (certificate holder) for the last ten years. I’m used to running and validating checklists. So when it came to my business, I thought checklists were the answer: I could use them to remind myself of… continue reading The post Checklists are for verifying, not remembering first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [My Email Is Hacked. How Do I Fix It?](https://askleo.com/email-hacked/) _2026-08-03 · Leo Notenboom · Ask Leo!_ Getting locked out of your own email is scary, and the fallout can spread to your bank, social media, and contacts. I'll walk you through the steps to take right now: recovering your account, locking it down, and protecting everything connected to it. My Email Is Hacked. How Do I Fix It? from Ask Leo! . Get the Confident Computing weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.askleo.com [Listen](https://aud.askleomedia.com/2026/5415.mp3) ## [The complexity of mental health](https://www.sarah-savage.com/the-complexity-of-mental-health/) _2026-05-28 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ I shared that I was heading to treatment for PTSD starting May 1. I’m happy to share that I was discharged home on May 20th. I am not entirely better. I am not worse. But I am hopeful about the… continue reading The post The complexity of mental health first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [Why I’m stepping into treatment May 1](https://www.sarah-savage.com/why-im-stepping-into-treatment-may-1/) _2026-04-28 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ Warning: this post references violence. Ten years ago, during a mental health crisis, I was harmed in a hospital by the people who were supposed to help me. Doctors said the pain would fade with time. It didn’t. Ten years… continue reading The post Why I’m stepping into treatment May 1 first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [Experiencing Microconf for the first time](https://www.sarah-savage.com/experiencing-microconf-for-the-first-time/) _2026-04-15 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ This week I attended Microconf Portland, where I heard exceptional talks by exceptional speakers and enjoyed a tremendous hallway track with other SaaS and software founders. I wanted to capture my thoughts on the experience. Microconf is a conference series… continue reading The post Experiencing Microconf for the first time first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [My week with Claude Code – hard work and gotchas](https://www.sarah-savage.com/my-week-with-claude-code-hard-work-and-gotchas/) _2026-03-03 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ I’m a firm believer in the idea that you have to use a tool to fully critique it. With that in mind I committed to using Claude Code for an entire week, putting it through its paces to see what… continue reading The post My week with Claude Code – hard work and gotchas first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [Juries and AI as critical infrastructure](https://www.sarah-savage.com/juries-and-ai-as-critical-infrastructure/) _2026-02-12 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ A few years ago, I had an opportunity to serve on a jury. Twelve ordinary citizens were called to hear a case, where we heard from five supremely confident but deeply conflicting witnesses. Our job was to sort out who… continue reading The post Juries and AI as critical infrastructure first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [Installing DEC Windows on Tru64 UNIX 5.1](https://mike632t.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/installing-dec-windows-on-tru64-unix-5-1/) _2026-01-12 · mike632t · Notes on Linux_ The earliest version of Tru64 UNIX that supports the ATI Radeon Graphics Card (3X-PBXGG-AA) in my DS10 is version 5.1B, but unfortunately this release does not include the classic DEC Windows Desktop, however it is possible to copy the files Continue reading ## [My experience coding with AI tooling](https://www.sarah-savage.com/my-experience-coding-with-ai-tooling/) _2026-01-08 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ I’m a big believer in the notion that you can’t really critique something until you’ve tried it. With that in mind, I spent some time over the holiday break with AI, working on a couple projects. Here are the results… continue reading The post My experience coding with AI tooling first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FY0eEWALmTxc) _2026-01-08 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [Microservices may be dangerous for your team](https://www.sarah-savage.com/microservices-may-be-dangerous-for-your-team/) _2025-11-25 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ Last week, Zend by Perforce wrote a blog post about when and how to migrate from a monolithic application to a microservices architecture. For those that haven’t read the post, the TL;DR is that as your application grows, it makes… continue reading The post Microservices may be dangerous for your team first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [Coding tests as an interview smell](https://www.sarah-savage.com/coding-tests-as-an-interview-smell/) _2025-11-17 · Sarah Savage · Sarah Savage_ Recently I had an opportunity to interview with a company that I really respected. Normally I wouldn’t consider taking any kind of role or gig (as I run a small business), but the problem space was particularly interesting and the… continue reading The post Coding tests as an interview smell first appeared on Sarah Savage . ## [Configuring the Pi Zero USB port as a keyboard](https://mike632t.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/configuring-the-pi-zero-usb-port-as-a-keyboard/) _2025-09-28 · mike632t · Notes on Linux_ Since the Pi Zero allows you to configure the USB port as a USB slave you can make it behave as like a USB serial interface, network interface, keyboard or mass storage device all of which can be very Continue reading ## [Difficult Truths for our Harsh Times — Have security & privacy research, and the students we have trained, actually made the world a better place?](https://stuartschechter.org/posts/ross-anderson/) _2025-03-24 · Mildly-Aggrieved (not mad!) Scientist_ Not everyone will miss Ross Anderson. Ross was not afraid to speak truths that made people uncomfortable. His ideas and arguments threatened the beliefs, status, power, ego, and bank balances of others — often those with power. His writings and talks undermined proponents of hardware attestation, chip-and-pin authentication, and surveillance, to name just a few. Many of those threatened by what… ## [U-Boot for ayn Odin](http://sigmaris.info/blog/2025/01/ayn-odin-u-boot/) _2025-01-11 · sigmaris.info_ Last year, I picked up a new ayn Odin gaming handheld, and ended up working on installing Linux on it (regular Linux, not Android). I thought the process and things I learned during it would make for some good blog posts, so part of the way through the process I started writing down what I was doing, in the hope it would be interesting to others when published. This post will be the first in a… ## [Enabling Two Factor Authentication on WordPress using ‘oathtool’](https://mike632t.wordpress.com/2024/11/17/enabling-two-factor-authentication-on-wordpress-using-oathtool/) _2024-11-17 · mike632t · Notes on Linux_ The solution turned out to be quite a bit easier then I expected. To set up two factor authentication using ‘oathtool‘ you need to login to WordPress, view your profile and then select the 'Security' option from the menu on Continue reading ## [How some of the world's most brilliant computer scientists got password policies so wrong](https://stuartschechter.org/posts/password-history/) _2024-11-11 · Mildly-Aggrieved (not mad!) Scientist_ The US government’s latest recommendations acknowledge that password composition and reset rules are not just annoying, but counterproductive. The story of why password rules were recommended and enforced without scientific evidence since their invention in 1979 is a story of brilliant people, at the very top of their field, whose well-intentioned recommendations led to decades of ignorance.… ## [Something old something new](https://mike632t.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/something-old-something-new/) _2024-11-04 · mike632t · Notes on Linux_ It won t have escaped anyone s attention that as well as Debian, I m also a bit of a fan of retro computing. Having implemented a simple substitution cipher in ALGOL 68 I decided to see if I could do the same Continue reading ## [A simple substitution cipher using Algol 68](https://mike632t.wordpress.com/2024/10/21/a-simple-substitution-cipher-using-algol68/) _2024-10-21 · mike632t · Notes on Linux_ A simple substitution cipher implemented in ALGOL 68.I was inspired to see if I could come up with something a bit shorter than the this example and I also wanted to be see if I could use the same routine Continue reading