Online accounts

456 Million Amazon Customers Have Enrolled in Passkeys

465 Million Amazon Customers Have Enrolled in Passkeys

Amazon announced today that over 465 million customers have enrolled in passkeys, a 75 percent…

2026 Security Checkup: Properly Secure Your Microsoft Account
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2026 Security Checkup: Microsoft Account ⭐

Securing a Microsoft account (MSA) is surprisingly easy. And it should only take 10 to…

In Defense of Requiring an Online Account in Windows 11
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In Defense of Requiring a Windows 11 Online Account Sign-In ⭐

Microsoft has been pushing customers to sign into Windows with an online account for years.…

Little Tech: It's Time to Move to a Third-Party Password Manager
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Little Tech: It’s Time to Move to a Third-Party Password Manager (Premium)

Microsoft Authenticator is losing its password management capabilities, but there's no need to be outraged…

Online Accounts 2025: Single Sign-In (SSO)
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Online Accounts 2025: Single Sign-In (SSO) (Premium)

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce my reliance on Big Tech services that…

Online Accounts 2025: A Little Math
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Online Accounts 2025: A Little Math (Premium)

I wasn't expecting to write so much about getting my YouTube videos out of the…

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Online Accounts 2025: We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat (Premium)

I thought I was done with the YouTube drama, but as is so often the…

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Online Accounts 2025: More YouTube Video Downloads (Premium)

For all the complaints one might lob at the company, Google Takeout is an incredible…

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Online Accounts 2025: First Steps (Premium)

20 years ago, I purchased two 1 TB external hard drives so I could replicate…

Online accounts (2025)
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Online Accounts 2025 (Premium)

In the wake of my recent YouTube issues, I've decided to take another stab at…

The gates to Google
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Sign in with Google? (Premium)

My recent YouTube "support" experience has made me question some online account behaviors I'd previously…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Online Accounts, a Cautionary Tale (Premium)

It was a tale that grew in the telling. Except that it really was this…

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