Reddit has finally
joined other major web properties in adding two-factor authentication for all
users. It’s been available for mods and some testers for a while, but this is
the first time the vast multitudes of redditors will have access to it.
Turn it on and you’ll
have to enter a six-digit code sent to your phone whenever you have a new loginattempt. You’ll need Google Authenticator, Authy, or any TOTP-supporting auth
app — texting codes is no longer recommended (and really, it was always a bad
idea).
There’s not much to
setting it up: go into the password/email area of the site’s preferences once
you’ve logged in on a desktop browser. Enable two-factor authentication and
follow the instructions.
Now, this may be a
problem for power users, who might have trouble switching between the one they
use for ordinary browsing and the one they use to post racist comments on every
post they can, or the one they use to vehemently disagree with a headline without
reading the article. But that’s the price of security.
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