I’ve enabled it everywhere, with my bank, credit card company, apple and of course at work.
Chris mentioned it’s not worth it, I very strongly disagree. I think it’s a good point for the security value speech.;) That is that you should evaluate the value of what you’re trying to secure and then act appropriately. Here’s an extreme example. I might not try as hard to secure my cable TV account which is of low risk but my account at work which attaches to a network protecting 5 trillion dollars on deposit might require more scrutiny. In other words, carefully evaluate the value of the data you’re securing first and then make that call. Where your Macys account might not have two factor maybe your main bank accounts and finial holdings should. Just be careful. Remember passwords are extremely weak. Public key security or two factor are far stronger so apply that as you will. > On May 18, 2016, at 12:19 AM, Seyoon Choi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am currently using 2-factor authentication, which according to the Apple > works similar to 2-step verification but with a lot of complexity add on top > from the foundation of 2-step. The only thing here however though is that > your device must be running iOS 9.3, OS X 10.11.4 or higher for this to work. > In addition, the 2-step verification must be turned off prior to turning this > option on or else it won’t appear. The method of turning this new 2-factor > authentication on is also different. Anyways, the 2-factor authentication for > me seem to definitely work better as I think it’s more modernized and > enhanced as suppose to just having you to enter the code that was sent to an > iOS device. This also works with Mac which is fantastic, and give you an > option to allow or denied and pin points the location based off of IP address. > >> On May 17, 2016, at 11:15 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> More trouble than it's worth, and believe me, coming from me being hacked as >> many times as I have been, that's saying something. >> --- >> Christopher Gilland >> JAWS Certified, 2016. >> Training Instructor. >> >> [email protected] >> Phone: (704) 256-8010. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben J. Bloomgren" >> <[email protected]> >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2016 2:38 AM >> Subject: two-step verification >> >> >>> I may be a wee bit behind about this, but what do you guys think of >>> two-step verification? Is it essential? is it more trouble than it's worth? >>> >>> Ben >>> >>> --- >>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! 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