Sometimes, the safest choice is to lie. We've all been there: You try to log into a rarely used online account only to realize you've forgotten the password. It's ...

It goes without saying that while many of us are spending time in isolation and away from work and friends, the time people are spending on social media is up. I know some people who are spending ...

I just love how many Web sites take my complex, hard-to-guess password and make it as easy to crack as guessing my favorite color or the city of my birth. It seems nearly every Web site comes with ...

Almost everyone forgets a Web site password once in a while. When you do, you click on the familiar "Forgot your password?" link and, after entering your pet's name, identifying your high school ...

Password-recovery questions have been a part of Windows 10 for more than a year now, but you’ll never know they exist if you sign into your operating system using a Microsoft account. Use a local ...

Web-based customer self-service password resets are a boon to any enterprise that manages user accounts. Users invariably forget their passwords on occasions, and an online, automated system that ...

It will never cease to baffle me how many people still choose childishly simple passwords like "12345" or "password" to attempt to secure their digital accounts and devices, and how those same people ...

Forgot your password? Well, Facebook wants to help you recover your internet account. The company is releasing an open source protocol that will let third-party sites recover user accounts through ...

This advice might appear to go against my simultaneous support of NIST Special Publication 800-63 Digital Identity Guides. NIST SP 800-63 recommends using non-password methods where possible, and ...

Choose to set up Windows 10 or 11 with a local account, and you're required to select three security questions to answer if you ever get locked out. Those questions include the typical ones, such as ...

When you purchase a Windows computer, you have to create a user account in order to use it. Microsoft gives you a facility to create multiple user accounts, including work or school accounts and ...