Multi-factor Authentication

How many online accounts do you have? Google, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Outlook, Linkedin and many more. How much of personal information do they hold? Imagine if someone else stole or guessed your password and gained access to those information. Sounds scary right?

That's why we believe everyone should configure and make use of multi-factor authentication wherever applicable.

What is multi-factor authentication?

Multi-factor authentication is a method of authentication which requre the user to have 2 or more of the following authentication factors.

1. Something you know (password, pass-phrase, PIN, pattern)
2. Something you have (smart card, mobile phone, USB drive)
3. Something you are (fingerprints)

You may or may not be aware that you are probably already using multifactor authentication albeit not on the internet. When you walk to an ATM machine, it requires you to use an ATM card (something you have) and a PIN number (something you know).

What sites offer multi-factor authentication capability?

Most of the reputed websites including Google, Facebook, Yahoo, eBay, Twitter and many more supports multi-factor authentication. If you are using online banking to check your bank balance and do transaction, you should definitely check with your bank whether they support this feature or not. 

Because it could be disastrous if your online banking password gets compromised.

You have to keep in mind that configuring methods and features may vary depending on the website.  But, whatever it is, multi-factor authentication is way better than having just a password.

Below is a list of frequently used websites that offer multi-factor authentication support.

Apple
Dropbox
eBay
Evernote
Facebook
Google
Grooveshark
LastPass
Linkedin
LogMeIn
Microsoft (Hotmail, Outlook)
Paypal
Steam
Yahoo
TeamViewer
Tumblr
Twitter
Wordpress.com

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