24 Sep 9 Apps Where You Can Set Up A Two-Factor Authentication
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This is a free pass for hackers to get your personal information and put at risk your accounts, as well as your loved ones.
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That’s why we decided to bring you these tutorials about How to set up two-factor authentication on your online accounts. These are the most used 9 platforms in the USA, being included collaborative platforms, e-commerce ones, and social media platforms. So, you will make the most of them and navigate through them as comfortably as you can. And, hackers will have a hard time trying to steal your personal information, and that’s what we as SOS Support are looking for… Strengthen our customers’ personal information!.
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So here we go:
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AMAZON
Go to the Amazon homepage and log in. Go straight to “Accounts & Lists” and click on “Account.” A box labeled “Login & security” will be at the top of the page, so click on that and then click the “Edit” button on “Two-Step Verification (2SV) Settings.” (You may be asked to reenter your password first.) Click “Get Started” and Amazon will walk you through the process of registering your phone number, or you can opt to use your preferred authenticator app by syncing it through a QR code.
You can activate 2FA on both the Android and iOS Amazon app by tapping the three-line “hamburger” menu on the left side and finding “Your Account” > “Login & security.” The same “Two-Step Verification (2SV) Settings” selection should be available for you to edit and toggle on 2FA.
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PAYPAL
America’s top virtual wallet offers the following two factor authentication option. On the main Summary page, click the gear icon and select the “Security” tab. Look for the section called “2-step verification” and click on the “Set Up” link. You’ll be able to choose whether to have a code texted to you or to use an authenticator app. (PayPal also offers to find an authenticator app in case you want one.)
If you lose your phone, change numbers, or decide to cry off authorization rights, come back to this menu to make adjustments.
Note that the interface is different if you use PayPal as a business account. From the main “Summary” page, click the gear icon to be taken to the “Settings” page. Under “Login and Security,” look for the “Security Key” option to add your phone number or a security key as your 2FA method.
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DROPBOX
From your Dropbox homepage on the web, click your profile avatar and select “Settings,” then go to the “Security” tab. Find “Two-Step Verification,” which will tell you the status of your 2FA. Toggle to turn the feature on and choose to receive 2FA through a text or your authenticator app.
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On the mobile app, you can access your privacy settings by tapping the hamburger icon on the upper-right corner (in case you have an Android device) or the lower-right corner (if you have an iOS one) and scrolling down to the bottom to find the “Settings & Privacy” menu. Tap “Settings” > “Security and Login” and select “Use two-factor authentication.”
You can pick up a text message, an authenticator app, or a security key.
On the web, click the down arrow in the upper-right corner, and select “Settings & Privacy” > “Privacy Shortcuts.” Look for the “Account Security” heading and click on “Use two-factor authentication.”
Besides, for apps that don’t support 2FA when logging in with a Facebook account (such as Xbox and Spotify), you can generate a unique password specifically associated with that account. From the original down arrow, select “Settings & Privacy” > “Settings,” and then, from the menu on the left, “Security and Login” > “App passwords” (under the “Two-Factor Authentication” subhead). After resubmitting your Facebook password, you’ll be able to name the app, click generate, and save that password for the next time you have to log in. Under the same “Two-Factor Authorization” subhead, you can choose specific iterations of the app (say, on your laptop) where you can pass on the login code.
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Even though Instagram added 2FA to its mobile app in 2017, but now you can also activate it through the web.
To activate 2FA on your mobile app, tap on your profile and select the hamburger menu in the upper-right corner. Look for “Settings” > “Security,” where you’ll find a menu item for “Two-Factor Authentication.”
Here, you can choose between text message-based verification or a code sent to your authenticator app.
To turn on 2FA using the web, log in to Instagram, click on your profile icon in the upper-right corner, and select “Settings” from the drop-down menu. Clicking this will pop open a settings menu, where you can find the same “Privacy and Security” section as on the app. From here, you can turn on 2FA and, just as in the app, choose your method for verification.
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TIK TOK
To set up 2FA on TikTok (in this case, we’re assuming a mobile device), tap your profile icon on the lower right, then the three dots in the upper right of the screen. Go to “Security and login” and you’ll see “2-step verification.” TikTok offers to send a verification code via a text message or email.
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NEST
Believe us, there’s not anything more dangerous than expose your home for being attacked from outside. For you, we bring you this quick tutorial.
Smart home products like Nest are not exempt from getting hacked. Current Nest users will have signed in to the app via their Google accounts, and so will be using Google’s 2FA feature (see above).
If you’ve resisted migrating your existing Nest account to your Google account, you may still be able to use 2FA. On the home screen, go to “Settings” > “Account” > “Manage account” > “Account security,” and select two-step verification. Toggle the switch to on. A series of prompts will ask for your password, phone number, and the verification code that will be sent to your phone.
Keep in mind that all of your devices will be automatically signed out, so you’ll have to sign in again using two-step verification.
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SIGNAL
Rather than traditional 2FA, Signal uses a PIN. Select your profile icon on the upper-left side to reach the “Settings” menu, and then select “Account.” If you toggle on “Registration Lock,” each time you re-register your phone number, you’ll need to enter your PIN (which you were asked for when you originally registered). Signal requires your PIN to be at least four digits long, up to a maximum of 20 digits.
When you first enable Registration Lock, Signal will ask you to type in your PIN for the first six and 12 hours after being enabled. The company says this is designed to help you to remember it through random repetition. So after the first day, it will ask you to enter it in the next day, then in three days, after a full week, and finally one last time after 14 days.
If you happen to forget your PIN and can’t log in to Signal, you will have to wait for seven days of inactivity for your registration lock to expire, after which you can log in to your app again to set up a new PIN. Those already actively using Signal won’t have to worry about the Registration Lock resetting, as that clock starts only when the app isn’t open.
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SLACK
To enable 2FA, you’ll first need to find the “Account Settings” page. There are two ways to access this:
• Click on your username or profile picture in the Slack app to open a drop-down menu, and then select “View profile.” Your account information will now display on the right side of the chat window. Under your avatar, next to the “Edit Profile” button, click the three-dot icon for additional actions, and select “Account settings.” You can also head straight to my.slack.com/account/settings.
• You should immediately see the selection for “Two-Factor Authentication.”
If you do not see the option for 2FA, check whether your Slack account is for work. Some employers may use single sign-on services that bypass the need for 2FA, which would remove this option from Slack’s Account Settings page.
If this is a personal Slack, however, then select “Expand” on “Two-Factor Authentication” and hit the “Set Up Two-Factor Authentication” button to verify your information via an SMS or authenticator app. If you have multiple email addresses, you may need to select a default one before you can decide on your preferred 2FA method.
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Open WhatsApp and find the “Settings” menu under the upper-right dots icon. Look under “Account” > “Two-step verification” > “Enable.” The app will ask you to enter a six-digit PIN to use as verification. You can optionally add an email address in case you forget your PIN.
Having an email associated with your WhatsApp account is important since the service won’t let you reverify yourself if you’ve used WhatsApp within the last seven days and have forgotten your PIN. So if you can’t wait a week to reverify, it’s helpful to have entered an email address so you can log yourself in or disable 2FA. In the same vein: be cautious of emails encouraging you to turn off 2FA if you didn’t request it yourself.
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