authenticator

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Microsoft provides a similar capability with its Authenticator app, which some people use for two-factor authentication in place of texted codes for signing into online accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Authenticator apps and hardware keys are more secure than codes sent via SMS, which hackers can intercept.

From Salon • Aug. 27, 2024

It grew steadily in the 2010s, in part because of new third-party authentication companies like Beckett Grading Services and Professional Sports Authenticator, which give buyers confidence they are getting the real deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2024

Let’s use Twitter and the app Google Authenticator as an example.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023

“You can download Google Authenticator app, or similar app, and get two-factor codes generated on yr phone directly — which is more secure than having them sent to you via SMS anyway.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2023