

One of the criteria is how long the vendor commits to providing security updates. Security updates: The report takes a curious approach to security updates. Apple also does some interesting things when users have multiple devices for example, it will inform you if you're logging into your Mac in San Jose while your phone has just been authenticated in Russia. What's not told here is that Apple iCloud is the largest and one of the most - if not the most - successful deployment of two-factor security in the industry. Users can choose between one-time passwords, FIDO, push notifications, and others, where Apple only has two-factor, so Google got the highest score. Google scored highest because it had the most identity options, which makes sense because it's tied to one's Gmail account. Identity protection: This was the top-ranked feature by users, but the methodology was completely botched.

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