How To Enable Two Factor Authentication - A Beginner's Guide

Protect your accounts from hackers! Learn what is Two Factor Authentication (2FA) and how to enable it on all your online accounts.

0:00 - How Two Factor Authentication works
1:10 - Why Two Factor Authentication is secure
1:41 - How to enable Two Factor Authentication
2:06 - Installing a 2FA app
3:16 - Enabling 2FA on your Apple account
3:50 - Enabling 2FA on your Google account
4:19 - Enabling 2FA on your WhatsApp account
4:46 - Enabling 2FA on your Signal account
5:03 - Enabling 2FA on your Amazon account
6:26 - Enabling 2FA on your Facebook account
6:53 - Enabling 2FA on your Instagram account
7:38 - Backing up your 2FA codes

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[timothylinn]

I think what confuses many people about 2FA is that it is assumes your authenticating device has not been stolen. With the exception of systems that don't display the 2FA code on the device you're using to access the website, 2FA isn't intended to protect a user from the scenario. Other things do, like strong device passwords. Unless I'm wrong here... Although I am a fairly sophisticated user when it comes to computers, cryptography has always confused the hell out of me. I can follow instructions telling what to do but it frustrates me that I don't always have a great understanding of how things work.

[ru]

Could you do a video on change new phone number and phone using authy app.

[generationace]

regardless of which app, is it possible to reverse engineer authenticator apps? Let's say someone has either physical access or remote access (via malware) on your phone and they got passed all the lock screens. So now they have the 6 digit authenticator codes, can they reverse engineer the app to get your password to your accounts/emails?

[ryaniglesias]

Great video but I used Authy is the past and deleted it. Authy on mobile and Authy on Desktop are not always synced and they show different codes. Also, the logos of the 2FA company ( Amazon for example) shows up on mobile but doesn't always show on your desktop which causes a problem and finally Authy asks for your cell number which i don't like. I contacted customer service and they admitted that the desktop app does not always sync properly and logos is a problem as it was frustrating so i said bye to authy .