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As a security conscious person two factor authentication has always been an attractive solution to me. It provides a quick and easy way for me to add an extra level of security to my online accounts without having to remember yet more passwords. But what is two factor authentication?
I have had the opportunity recently to write a password strength testing tool. As part of my testing, I used some of my own passwords. Shockingly, against my own standards, my own passwords did not hold their own, coming in at around 35 percent. I decided to take this a step further and put a few pass sites to the test. My results were all over the place. Many accepted passwords that were virtually useless others took a bit more of a strict approach. In this article I give you an overview of some of the ones I tried DISCLAIMER: …