Two factor authentication is a way of verifying a user’s identity using two factors: 1) something they know, 2) something they have. It’s a second layer of security to ensure that no one can access your account. You can think of it as a second password.
If you have a bank account and used online banking, then you have used Two factor authentication. It’s the code that is sent to your phone to verify your identity. This is just one way of getting that code, out of five.
The other way is by using a Two factor authentication app. An example of that would be 1Password, Authy or Google Authenticator. Services like Google, MailChimp and Lightning Base allows you to pick an app as your authentication method.
You can also get the code by an automated phone call, an email or by a hardware token such as the RSA SecureID.
How Two factor authentication Code Generators Work?
If you are interested in learning How Two factor authentication Code Generators Work, then make sure to watch the video below from Techquickie.
What sites support Two factor authentication?
The list is too long and each site accepts different types of tokens. Listing it here is going to take forever.
But luckily we have Josh Davis to save the day.
Josh built the site Two Factor Auth. A very comprehensive and detailed list of all sites that support Two factor authentication and what type of token each site accepts.
You really should take a look at Josh’s website, search for all the services that you use and start setting up Two factor authentication. This is really important to increase the security of your accounts.
It’s the least thing you can do to stop hackers from getting direct access to your accounts and personal information.
It’s free, easy to do and won’t take a lot of your time to set up all your accounts. So go ahead and enable Two factor authentication today.