Holy acronyms Batman! What the heck does this headline mean? Well, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has removed two-factor authentication (TFA) via short-messaging service (SMS) from the approved list of two-factor authentication methods. The reason is that SMS is an unencrypted service, and the lack of encryption makes it too insecure for use in Federal authentication systems. NIST is recommending that all companies ...
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