When it comes to digital safety, setting up an extra layer of security for accounts is heavily recommended. The idea behind this approach, known as multi-factor authentication (MFA), is to ensure that a bad actor will have to go through a second level of verification to get into an account, even if they've managed to obtain your password. This secondary layer of authentication could be an SMS with a one-time password, a security email, a local passkey, a biometric scan, or even a physical security key. Microsoft research suggests that MFA can reduce the chances of an account compromise by 99.22% in general, and 98.56% if the login credentials have been obtained.
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