Why do Microsoft and Google warn you to add a recovery phone number, even when you can login using a phone notification popup? [closed]

If you have not set a recovery phone number, Google shows a mild warning. This happens even if you have signed in to an Android phone, and can use Google Prompts to log in.
But if you lost the phone, you would also lose the phone number. … Continue reading Why do Microsoft and Google warn you to add a recovery phone number, even when you can login using a phone notification popup? [closed]

A website asks you to enter a Microsoft/Google/Facebook password. How do you know it is safe?

A website prompts me to log in to my Microsoft Account. In order to perform my task, it requires me to enter that password.
How does the "average user" avoid giving all their login details to a malicious website? What would you… Continue reading A website asks you to enter a Microsoft/Google/Facebook password. How do you know it is safe?

Schneier is telling me to write my bank security password and keep it in my wallet? Is that right?

Bruce Schneier Writes Down Passwords. So Can You

But how should people deal with all of this in the real world, or on line? “Relax,” he says emphatically. Surprisingly for a security professional, he has a very easy-going … Continue reading Schneier is telling me to write my bank security password and keep it in my wallet? Is that right?