2 Factor Authentication can be broken up like this: - Something you have - Something you know
The "something you have" can be anything in your possession, this could be hard things like a U2F <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_2nd_Factor> device, a smartphone, or soft things like a phone number or an email address. The "something you know" is something that can be stored inside your head, which is almost always a password or pin number of some kind. So since the mobile app (or any mobile app for that matter) still requires something you have and something you know, it is still 2 factors. See more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 6:10 AM, Josephine Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > Happy to hear that you like the new features! :) > > Re: 2FA logins, that is an interesting question! However, it is not one > that is unique to our app, for if you log in to your 2FA-enabled Wikimedia > account on your mobile phone's browser, both factors can also be on the > same mobile device. ;) Perhaps someone more well-versed in > security/authentication than I am could be better placed to answer that > question. > > Point noted re: the CCs, thanks! > > > Best regards, > Josephine > > On 2 May 2018 at 06:10, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Message: 3 > > Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 13:10:15 -0700 > > From: Daniel Zahn <[email protected]> > > To: Wikimedia developers <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Commons app - version 2.7 release > > Message-ID: > > <CAERT87qNE20Yh7NNX5u_nCeiuy7Hqy6GHfd=xm1Cwym2Jtjqbw > > @mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > > > > - New "Nearby places that need pictures" UI with direct uploads (and > > associated category suggestions) - > > > > Woohoo. That's exactly what i was always missing and was so great about > the > > old WikiLovesMonuments app. > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > Enabled two-factor authentication login > > > > Also very nice, just wondering what the second factor is on mobile, since > > usually that's a mobile app as well. Does that still make it 2 factors? > > > > P.S. Crossposting to multiple mailing lists at once with CC: can be > tricky, > > maybe better send a separate mail to each. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Subject: Digest Footer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > End of Wikitech-l Digest, Vol 178, Issue 2 > > ****************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
