Why People Won't Do the One Simple Thing that Protects Them Online

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VICE

Tech News, News & Politics, Technology, News

4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Two-factor authentication is simple and easy to use, right? Whenever you log in to your email, work account, or social media platform you get a text message or email asking you to confirm your identity. It’s easy and safe and we’re all using it. Right? Well … the numbers don’t look good. Information Security professionals are always trying to get their clients to adopt multi-factor authentication, but the clients don’t seem to be listening. Twitter recently disclosed that the number of accounts using 2FA is only 2.3%, a depressingly tiny number. Especially given the amount of security breaches we’ve seen lately. A recent T-Mobile breach is said to affect nearly 50 million customers.

Here to walk us through the merits 2FA is Rachel Tobac. Tobac is a hacker and the CEO of SocialProof Security, a company that aims to get your organization politely paranoid.

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0:00.0	Tannen.
0:02.0	It's got the code. It's going to launch.
0:09.0	It's a unit system.
0:13.0	I know this.
0:15.0	It's all the files of the whole park.
0:17.0	It tells her everything.
0:19.0	Sir, he's uploading the virus.
0:21.6	The Eagle One, the package is being delivered.
0:24.6	Two-factor authentication is simple and easy to use, right?
0:28.6	Whenever you log into your email, work account, or social media platform, you get a text message or an email asking you to confirm your identity.
0:35.6	It's easy and it's safe and we're all using it, right?
0:39.3	Right?
0:40.3	Well, the numbers they don't look so good.
0:43.3	Today we have a very important topic to discuss.
0:46.3	How to upgrade your security with multi-factor authentication or MFA.
0:51.3	So we're going to start out with the fundamentals of what MFA is and why we need it.
0:55.0	Two-factor authentication adds an additional layer of security to protect your Epic Games account.
1:00.0	Additionally, it allows you to take advantage of features we offer through our products,
1:04.0	such as participating in competitive events in Fortnite.
1:07.0	We offer three options to choose from, using an authenticator app on your smartphone,
1:11.6	SMX texting on your phone, or through your email address.
1:15.6	Information security professionals are always trying to get their clients to adopt multi-factor authentication,
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