I agree with that last statement, 100%, Hans.HansV wrote:While using a mobile phone for two-factor authentication is not 100% safe, it is many, many times safer than NOT using two-factor authentication at all!
Watch out for this sneaky Gmail phishing attack
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Re: Watch out for this sneaky Gmail phishing attack
I agree with this 100%HansV wrote:While using a mobile phone for two-factor authentication is not 100% safe, it is many, many times safer than NOT using two-factor authentication at all!
I use a mobile phone as my second factor for most accounts.
Some services support Google Authenticator, which is an app that you can run on an Android phone. This is much more secure than using SMS text messages. For example Gmail, Lastpass and Facebook can all use this as their second factor.
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