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Title: ecobee announces two-factor authentication to secure your smart home
Post by: HCK on April 09, 2020, 04:05:23 pm
ecobee announces two-factor authentication to secure your smart home

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Popular HomeKit partner ecobee has announced new two-factor authentication measures to secure your smart home.
2FA is opt-in but strongly recommended.
It will protect your ecobee account and your smart home devices, ensuring only you and your family can control them and see the data they collect.


Popular HomeKit partner ecobee has introduced two-factor authentication to its app, bringing better security to your smartphone.

Welcome home two-factor authentication. It’s an easy way to protect your ecobee account and ensure your devices are more secure than ever. Learn more: https://t.co/hMLHjmVevH pic.twitter.com/sKn1a0HxSJ— ecobee (@ecobee) April 8, 2020



In a press release ecobee stated:


  Two-factor authentication is a feature that keeps your ecobee account safe by securing it with more than just your username and password.
 
  After you enter your username and password, you will receive an SMS text me...

Source: ecobee announces two-factor authentication to secure your smart home (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/Zimx3tils4I/ecobee-announces-two-factor-authentication-secure-your-smart-home)