Questions tagged [authentication]

In this situation (internet & computers) refers to the act of confirming the identity of a person or assuring that a computer program is a trusted one.

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DKIM Email authentication from standard gmail?

I want to send out email from my domain, but when I do, recipients are seeing a question mark indicating that I'm not authenticated. It seems that gmail only supports digitally-signed DKIM if you ...
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Is it possible for one to disable Google's suspicious login attempt detection?

I am traveling quite a bit and due to that, I'm being requested a confirmation code by Google, which requires the use of a mobile phone I am unfortunately unable to use due to differing cell networks ...
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Why does Chrome throw out my Google Two-Factor Auth "trusted-ness"

I have Google Two-Factor Auth turned on for my account. When I first log into my account, I have to enter a code I receive via SMS. At this point, my computer should be trusted; that is, I should have ...
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Two bitbucket (or Github) accounts with same SSH key

Bitbucket's help says: if your account's username is happy_cat, you would need to create a new account with a username of happycat to use this feature That's my case, so I created a second account ...
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SMTP with app-passowrd of O365 does not work

I have an email address in Office 365 which I would like to use for a scanner's SMTP feature. For this email address, I have enforced MFA to be able to set an app-password. I give the following ...
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Instagram account hacked, two factor authentication set up by hacker

Apologies if I’m not posting this in the appropriate community. Recently my sister’s email account was hacked and the hacker gained access to her Instagram account. We have gotten back into her email ...
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User showing not enrolled in 2FA but account detail shows 2FA is on - is this a reporting error

I am a gsuite administrator and in doing my regular report reviews I have found a user, that on the standard Security report shows they are not enrolled in 2FA. However, when I click on the user to ...
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Missing "Signing in to Google" to Get Security Code

I am trying to sync Google Drive with MultCloud and I am asked to authenticate myself by using the ""Signing in to Google;" however, this is missing from my phone. I am unable to enter ...
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Auto sign out of application using Google authentication

I have a web service that I use (viemo) where I signed in with a Google account. Is there a way somewhere in Google security settings to set how long the login will last? Or some way to force the ...
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What is a PayPal "confirmation code", and how can you send one?

I use a PayPal account with Two-Factor-Authentication (2FA). Whenever I log in, after entering my password, I receive a code by text message like the following that I have to enter: PayPal: Your ...
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Signing in to Google through very different IP addresses

Because I connect to many different VPNs and make it appear that I'm in very different geographical locations, how do I add a whitelist of IP addresses that are allowed to sign in to my account so I ...
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How Yahoo Mail login page could store cookie on some different path on user's system?

Some time ago in Yahoo Mail's login page, there was an option to keep signature as text or image on user's system. So even after user logged out and come back again, can see the signature on the same ...
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Can't log into Outlook because of Microsoft Authenticator code prompt

I typically use Google's applications and am less experienced with Microsoft products. A client of mine, a private healthcare business, provided me with login details for an Outlook on the Web account ...
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Is it impossible to access old Google accounts even with access to all credentials (no 2FA set up)?

I have two old Google/Gmail accounts which I haven’t used in a long time. I’ve been trying to log into them again on several occasions over the past few months (even using different browsers), without ...
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