Today, I added an optional feature to keep your accounts more secure: two-factor authentication.
Right now, if someone guesses your password and has your email address, they can get into your account. Financial institutions and other sites that are serious about your account's integrity have added two-factor authentication, which requires you to verify your identity through a third-party app in order to access your account.
It's active now, but entirely optional. If you would like the security, you can go to your settings page and click a link to get started setting it up. I have it active on my account now, and have tested it and found that it works smoothly.
For more information on how to set it up with your account, see the site's help page:
https://www.honestgamers.com/users/help/topics/how_do_i_protect_my_account_with_two_factor_authentication.html
Most of you shouldn't need two-factor authentication, and will probably prefer not to use it. But if you want to, now the option is there.
Two-factor authentication: it's not just for banks and web apps anymore!
Right now, if someone guesses your password and has your email address, they can get into your account. Financial institutions and other sites that are serious about your account's integrity have added two-factor authentication, which requires you to verify your identity through a third-party app in order to access your account.
It's active now, but entirely optional. If you would like the security, you can go to your settings page and click a link to get started setting it up. I have it active on my account now, and have tested it and found that it works smoothly.
For more information on how to set it up with your account, see the site's help page:
https://www.honestgamers.com/users/help/topics/how_do_i_protect_my_account_with_two_factor_authentication.html
Most of you shouldn't need two-factor authentication, and will probably prefer not to use it. But if you want to, now the option is there.
Two-factor authentication: it's not just for banks and web apps anymore!
"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy on reality
"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world
"What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it really is a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things." - Shigeru Miyamoto on secret doors to another world