Steps on how to secure your Facebook account using two-factor authentication.
In this article, you will know the steps on how to secure your Facebook account using two-factor authentication.
This, after a Facebook user named Pinoy LulzSec on Monday advised those accounts with “Hacked by Pinoy Lulzsec” to secure their accounts using a Two-factor Authentication.
What is two-factor authentication?
Facebook’s two-factor authentication was a security feature that could help protect your account in addition to your current password.
If you already set up two-factor authentication, you will be asked to enter a “special login code” or “confirm your login attempt” every time you or someone tried to access your Facebook account from a mobile device or a browser that Facebook didn’t recognize.
You could also get alerts whenever you or someone tried to log in to your account from a mobile device or browser that Facebook didn’t recognize.
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How to manage or turn on?
In order for you to have this feature, you need to turn it on or manage it by following these steps below.
You need to go to “Security and Login Settings”, and then you need to scroll down to use two-factor authentication and then click “Edit”. Once done, you need to select the security method you want to add and then follow the instructions that you can see on your screen.
How to setup?
After turning this feature on, you need to set up two-factor authentication on your account in which you would be asked to select one of its two security methods: either choosing “login codes” from a third-party authentication app or choosing a “text message (SMS) codes” from your mobile devices.
Once done, you can add one of the following optional methods: using one of your “recovery codes”, approving your login attempt from your device that Facebook recognized, or tapping your “security key” on your compatible device.
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