Two Step Verification
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shouldbeinbed
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Shaun's thread says you can enable it, I took that to mean we have the option.
Hope so.
Hope so.
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classic33
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If its an option, will it remain one?
shouldbeinbed
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Dunno, hope so. I'm a simple soul and have enough passwords and gubbins to remember as is.
jefmcg
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https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/account-security-two-step-verification.187207/
Why would a user want to turn this on? I can't see an outcome from my account here being compromised that is so bad it would be worth hassle of 2 factor verification.
And as I protect my password to here along with a lot more valuable information, I'd be focused on other accounts if I had a security breach.
Yahoo turned in 2 factor verification without user agreement a few years ago. You can no longer access yahoo accounts from new devices without answering your security question. As I knew I would never forget
my password, I answered security question with random characters so there wouldn't be a back-door into my account. So now I can't access my account even though I still have the password. Ironically, if I only had my security answer - much easy for someone else to guess - I could access my account. They have a forgotten password button, but no forgotten security question button. So they've lost a customer.
Why would a user want to turn this on? I can't see an outcome from my account here being compromised that is so bad it would be worth hassle of 2 factor verification.
And as I protect my password to here along with a lot more valuable information, I'd be focused on other accounts if I had a security breach.
Yahoo turned in 2 factor verification without user agreement a few years ago. You can no longer access yahoo accounts from new devices without answering your security question. As I knew I would never forget
my password, I answered security question with random characters so there wouldn't be a back-door into my account. So now I can't access my account even though I still have the password. Ironically, if I only had my security answer - much easy for someone else to guess - I could access my account. They have a forgotten password button, but no forgotten security question button. So they've lost a customer.
jefmcg
Guru
Seriously curious: why did you go to bother of turning it on? Do you really think there is a likelihood of made-up-username identity theft?It is optional, will remain so, and is disabled by default.
Cheers,
Shaun
I didn't. The latest update included it and it cannot be disabled. Since it is there I thought it would be useful to advise what it is and give members the option to use it if they wish.
If it is of no interest to you just don't use it.
Cheers,
Shaun
raleighnut
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Can we use the excuse of being 'hacked' if we post drivel after midnight due to 'enjoying' ourselves a bit much
or will they still think it was us did it. 
Not that I ever post anything like that of course.
jefmcg
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Can we use the excuse of being 'hacked' if we post drivel after midnight due to 'enjoying' ourselves a bit much
Not that I ever post anything like that of course.
There's a virus on your system that does that already.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIVXo7Kl9EY
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