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Title: News: Instagram moving away from SMS two-factor authentication Post by: HCK on July 18, 2018, 04:05:22 pm News: Instagram moving away from SMS two-factor authentication
<img src="(http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/stock/cc/instagram-login-screen-perzonseowebbyra.se.jpg)" /> Instagram is building a non-SMS-based two-factor authentication system in response to increased efforts by hackers, TechCrunch reports. Since phone numbers can be stolen by hackers with relative ease — as outlined by Motherboard, all it takes is convincing a carrier customer service rep to port the number to a new SIM card — Instagram accounts have been prime targets for hackers since a password can be reset with only an SMS message. To defend… Source: News: Instagram moving away from SMS two-factor authentication (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/instagram-moving-away-from-sms-two-factor-authentication) |