Explaining Two-Factor Authentication

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Two-factor authentication can increase the security of your online activities. This video explains phone-based two-factor authentication, with a demonstration of how to enable it on Twitter. Many major web service providers now offer phone-based two-factor authentication under a variety of different names. To help you set things up, links to some relevant information are as follows: Google (2-step verification) -- http://www.google.com/landing/2step/ Facebook (login approvals) -- https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150172618258920 PayPal (security keys) -- https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/Marketing_CommandDriven/securitycenter/PayPalSecurityKey-outside Twitter (login verification) -- https://blog.twitter.com/2013/getting-started-with-login-verification Dropbox (two-factor verification) -- https://www.dropbox.com/help/363/en Microsoft (two-step verificaton) -- http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/two-step-verification-faq Apple (two-step verification) -- http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5570 LinkedIn (two-step verification) -- http://blog.linkedin.com/2013/05/31/protecting-your-linkedin-account-with-two-step-verification/ WordPress (two-step authentication) -- http://en.support.wordpress.com/security/two-step-authentication/ More information on a wide range of computing topics can be found on the ExplainingComputers YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/explainingcomputers and at http://www.explainingcomputers.com You may also enjoy t

Published 2014-07-07 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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