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18. What if I don’t have my authentication device on me?
If you are trying to login from a new PC but do not have your device with you, simply click on the ‘disable authenticator’ link on screen and an email will be sent to your registered email containing a link to disable the authenticator. With the authenticator disabled, you’ll be able to access your account, but we strongly recommend that you re-enable the authenticator when you get your device back.
So what you are saying is if someone who has lost control of their e-mail as well will easily have their account hacked. A hacker can log into the account management, disable the authenticator and then access the e-mail to disable it.
After doing so, the hacker can then add the scanbar into their own phone to set it up for themselves.
p.s. people who do not have a phone, there are computer authenticators that work as the same way a phone does. winauth is a good program that can do this type of feature.
Edit: people who use gmail and have the 2-step verification are more secured than others. I would encourage people who do have a phone to use gmail.
cute af said :
Well, no. Each device has it's own personal ID that no other has. You would have to get a hold of the physical phone in order to use the app. You use your camera to scan a bar code and it gives you a number to put in. Then your account is linked with the phone ID forever unless you remove it. Even if they logged into your e-mail or apple account associated with it, they wouldn't be able to get 'into' your phone because they are separate devices. I hope that makes sense.
It is possible to have one account tied into more than one phone. I have google authenticator with the same accounts on two different phones. The generated numbers even work as well.
18. What if I don’t have my authentication device on me?
If you are trying to login from a new PC but do not have your device with you, simply click on the ‘disable authenticator’ link on screen and an email will be sent to your registered email containing a link to disable the authenticator. With the authenticator disabled, you’ll be able to access your account, but we strongly recommend that you re-enable the authenticator when you get your device back.
So what you are saying is if someone who has lost control of their e-mail as well will easily have their account hacked. A hacker can log into the account management, disable the authenticator and then access the e-mail to disable it.
After doing so, the hacker can then add the scanbar into their own phone to set it up for themselves.
p.s. people who do not have a phone, there are computer authenticators that work as the same way a phone does. winauth is a good program that can do this type of feature.
Edit: people who use gmail and have the 2-step verification are more secured than others. I would encourage people who do have a phone to use gmail.
cute af said :
Well, no. Each device has it's own personal ID that no other has. You would have to get a hold of the physical phone in order to use the app. You use your camera to scan a bar code and it gives you a number to put in. Then your account is linked with the phone ID forever unless you remove it. Even if they logged into your e-mail or apple account associated with it, they wouldn't be able to get 'into' your phone because they are separate devices. I hope that makes sense.
It is possible to have one account tied into more than one phone. I have google authenticator with the same accounts on two different phones. The generated numbers even work as well.
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24-Jun-2014 06:34:29 - Last edited on 24-Jun-2014 06:41:33 by Andi
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