Your phone and online accounts hold your photos, messages, money and memories. Keeping them safe is easier when you understand what the security features actually do.
This topic explains passwords, passkeys, two-factor authentication and what happens to your data, in plain language and without scare stories.
More and more apps and websites now offer to “create a passkey” instead of a password. You sign in with your fingerprint, face or phone PIN, and there’s nothing to remember or steal. Here’s how passkeys work and whether you should use them.
Two-factor authentication means a stolen password alone isn’t enough to break into your account. But a text-message code, an authenticator app and a security key aren’t equally strong. Here’s how each one works and which to choose.
You tap the bin icon and the photo vanishes. But is it really gone? Here’s what happens to a deleted photo on your phone, in the cloud and in the places you shared it, and how to make sure it’s gone for good.