Where can and should enable two-factor authentication
Tips / / December 19, 2019
Millions of logins and passwords to the postal service and sotsservisam publicly available, interesting photos of famous people who do not look only the laziest and moralists. Recent events better than any expert on information security proved to us that the password, even complex, is no longer topical remedy.
Radically changing user preferences in choosing a service. Whereas previously the most convenient way to take root, it is now - the most protected.
To date, the best way to protect the ratio of reliability / convenience is two-factor authentication - the authentication method in which the user specifies two data different types. Simply put, it is a double protection.
How does it work
The first line of defense - that's what people know and remember, that is the usual combination of username + password. But the password does not give access to your account, but acts as an activator for the second line of defense.
The second line of defense - is that there is only this man. A digital code that is sent as SMS, e-mail or voice mail, as well as a separate device, or biometric reader.
The most cheap and convenient way - the application and SMS. Enter the username and password on a site, then get on the mobile SMS with the code. Introduce the code, and we have access to the data.
Two-factor authentication is not only as a second line of defense, but also an excellent means of attempting to notify an attacker to gain access to your account. Imagine that you will not try to enter, and suddenly receive an SMS with a verification code. Someone knows your password! It's time to change it.
Depending on the type of two-factor authentication for an attacker to access your data need your mobile device, or a copy of the SIM-card, or access to mail, which accounts for a verification code, but what is the case with biometrics you cut out the eye or cut off finger.
As you can see, the use of two-factor authentication reduces risks to a minimum, if we're talking about a simple user who does not have some particularly valuable information. Enough that it can help us make our accounts resistant to the means of selection of the password and denies access to personal data of all those who somehow knew our password.
where to use
There are people who consider optional double protection for certain services, particularly those where all the data public. We believe that protection is needed everywhere. Do you think that you have not hacked the service due to the fact that there only public photos? And suddenly an evil joker will receive access to your account and begin to upload images on your behalf with afrogeyami? Or just remove everything? In general, one can not ignore the additional protection if you give her.
Unfortunately, users do not always respond adequately to the obvious threat to growth, but even worse, many popular services still do not provide the ability to use two-factor authentication. I'd love to play, but it just is not possible. However, not all that bad. We have prepared for you a list of priority services, which are extremely popular in Russia and supports two-factor authentication. To go to the inclusion of two-factor authentication, simply click on the desired service.
passwords
- LastPass + instruction on general improvement of protection.
Meta-accounts
- Google;
- Apple;
- Microsoft.
social services
- «In contact with»;
- Twitter;
- Facebook;
- LinkedIn.
cloud storage
- Dropbox.
Money
- «Yandex. Money»;
- PayPal.
Notes
- Evernote.
Blogs
- WordPress.
Do not miss full list of services abroad indicating the presence and type of two-factor authentication for each of them.
We're missing something? Leave your comments name services, and links to configure two-factor authentication. We will add them to the post.