How to set up two-factor authentication for all of your accounts
Technologies / / December 19, 2019
One of the easiest ways to protect your data - enable two-factor authentication. Layfhaker tell you how to do it to protect themselves.
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To protect your account security, go to the settings through the social networking site. Find the "Security" tab and in the "Sign-in verification" click on "Connect". After setup, you'll be able to access their account via SMS code or one of the ten backup codes. You can also connect a third-party application to authenticate.
It recommended early to tie the account inbox, since the recovery function after the two-factor authentication settings will be available.
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The easiest way to enable two-factor authentication across Google - run setup on this link. You will be asked to sign in, enter your phone number and choose how to receive verification codes - text messaging or phone calls.
As in Facebook, you can set up notifications that are simply asked to choose "yes" or "no" when trying to login. You can also generate the security key for USB-keyring.
On the page is a function of backup code generation for offline access. Google will offer just ten codes, each of which operates only once.
Login to Instagram via the browser and can be, but to set up two-factor authentication - only through the mobile application. Go to the profile, open the menu by pressing the button in the upper right corner and enter the settings. In the "Privacy and Security" you will see a "Two-factor authentication." Click on it and select the protection method - SMS or application authentication.
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Through the menu on the mobile app or browser version enter the setup and select "Safety and input». In the section "Use two-factor authentication," you will be able to register a phone number to that whenever you try to log into the social network will get the code or link an application for authentication.
You can also configure the security key for input via USB-key fob or NFC-beacon. And for trips abroad, where there is no internet access, perfectly suited restore codes. They can also be generated in this section.
If you prefer not to use additional security measures at each input with one and the same device, you can add it to the list of authorized inputs.
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Open the application settings via the menu on the top right. In the "Account" there is a button "two-step verification." Click on it. messenger asks to come up with a six-digit code, confirm it and add an email address to reset the PIN code and protect your account.
It is important to enter a valid e-mail address, because the service does not allow re-confirm the identity, if you do not use WhatsApp for more than seven days and forget the code.
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Telegram
The settings in the "Privacy" you need to select "Two-step verification" and click the "Install an additional password." Enter and confirm an additional password hint and mail for recovery. Now, at the entrance to the new device service will ask not only the PIN, but this password.
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iOS
To enable two-factor authentication, the device should work at least on iOS 9. Necessary steps may vary slightly in different versions of the mobile operating system.
If you are using iOS 10.3 or higher, go to settings, click on your name and select "Password and Security". So you can include additional protection: the system will send a text message with the code each time you try to log on.
If you have installed iOS 10.2 or earlier, the two-factor authentication, see iCloud → Apple ID → «password and security."
macOS
Required version of El Capitan or higher operating system.
Click on the icon of the apple in the upper left corner of the screen, select "System Preferences» → iCloud → «My account». You can speed up the process by typing the word iCloud in the Spotlight search. Then click on the icon "Safety" and turn on two-factor authentication.
You can choose how Apple will confirm input: using the six-digit code in the message, or phone call.
Microsoft
Sign in Microsoft account and open the menu "Security". At the bottom of the page you will agree to get acquainted with additional security measures, and then click "Set up two-step verification." Then simply follow the steps below.
Dropbox
On the home page of the Web version of cloud storage, click on the avatar and select "Settings." In the "Security" tab, you will see the section "Two-stage test". Enable and then select the method "Use text messages", enter your phone number.
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In the application or the web version, click on the profile picture and scroll to "Settings and security». In the opened tab "account" go to "Security". There including the entrance test.
Here you can also generate a backup code for trips. It is also possible to create a temporary password for the device or application requiring authorization on Twitter. The period of temporary password will expire in one hour after creation.
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go to settings browser-based version of Pinterest, and scroll to the section "Safety". There activate the "Request code at the entrance." You immediately give the backup recovery code, in case you lose your phone or can not get access to the application for authentication.
Two-factor authentication works on all types of devices, but is included only in the web version of the service. Also, see "Security", you can find a list of all the devices with which you have signed into your account, clicking "Show session". If you see an unfamiliar phone or computer, you can safely delete it.
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Authentication for other services
For everything else not listed above, it is recommended to use the authenticator app. They serve as repositories of code, which can be accessed without internet. Among the most popular options - Authy and Google Authenticator.
You just need to scan the QR-code account of any service, and this account will be stored in the application. In the subsequent entering the service, protected by two-factor authentication, you will need to open the app and enter the generated code.
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