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  Facebook has been recently involved in another password-related mess. As reported by Business Insider, the social media large unknowingly uploaded the e-mail contacts of one.5 million users United Nations agency had simply signed up to the network. The issue stems from when Facebook asked new users for their email passwords at sign-up, an odd request by a cyber-security researcher by the name of “e-sushi.” Facebook ended the practice shortly after it was called out on it, but it turns out users who had entered their…

Google adscititious a brand new thanks to verify your logins this week: exploitation your robot phone as a physical security key for two-factor authentication. You should be using two-factor authentication to log onto websites, so that even if someone has your password from a data breach, they won’t be able to get in. And currently with the new feature, if you have an Android phone running 7 or higher, you also have a convenient security key. It’s more secure than many existing 2FA options (such…