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August 29, 2018

Instagram’s New Security Tools are a Welcome Step, But Not Enough

This post was originally published on this siteInstagram users should soon have more secure options for protecting their accounts against Internet bad guys.  On Tuesday, the Facebook-owned social network said it is in the process of rolling out support for third-party authentication apps. Unfortunately, this welcome new security offering does nothing to block Instagram account takeovers when thieves manage to hijack a target’s mobile phone number — an increasingly common crime. New two-factor authentication options Instagram says it is rolling out to users over the next few weeks. For years, security experts have warned that hackers are exploiting weak authentication […]