Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The apps generate short-lived codes to use along with a password. That can be safer than having codes texted to you. By Yael ...

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Elon Musk was right: Text messages are not the most secure way to protect your account. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is the lead consumer technology writer for The New York Times. Twitter recently ...