Secure your Twitter account by enabling login verification

Twitter has been working on integrating a two-factor authentication system to the service’s sign in process in the last couple of months. It’s main aim is to provide users of the company’s service with additional options to improve their account security.

Yesterday, Twitter announced that it began to roll out the login verification feature to all users of the service.

If you enable two-factor authentication, you are asked to enter a second code during sign in to Twitter. An attacker trying to get access to the account would have to know both the username and password and the second code. Since it is generated dynamically whenever you try to sign in, it is necessary to get hold of your mobile phone as the code is automatically send to your phone via SMS. Continue reading

Taking The Facebook Security Quiz

Are you worried about the security of your Facebook account? That someone might guess or steal your login for instance? We have covered all the need to knows in our Facebook Login Guide that details how you can make your account more secure, and how to recover it if you have forgotten your sign in information or if someone else managed to get into your account without your approval.

The Facebook Security Quit is a short quiz to raise awareness for security related issues on the popular social networking site.

Users of the social networking site can access the quiz on this page.

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