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Will I still receive the SMS if I'm using a NA account on another country?
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Sony rolling out two-factor authentication: AUS+NZL tomorrow, other regions to follow
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LostMyNarbles
Member
I hear the snow cones are heavenly.
Or, y'know, the PlayStation app.
Definitely a start, would love things to work on Authy soon though
BabyFaceKillah
Member
Hmmm
Delusibeta
Banned
Eh, it's only really insecure in that it's fairly easy to intercept (read: someone stealing your phone, or looking at your lock screen). For people who work with classified documents, sure, it's insufficient, but for everyone else it's an improvement. Even the NIST, the people who is no longer recommending SMS based two-factor, says that it's better than not having two-factor at all.
Hey, it still works.
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Member
Just remember: the best way to manipulate someone is through fear.
As long as it's optional, it's fine with me.
As long as it's optional, it's fine with me.
haha for real?
USCIS uses it.
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For real. If you want to see people herded like a flock of sheep, just scare the shit out of them. They'll do crazy stuff like support wars, give up rights and freedoms, unload all their personal information...
StereoVsn
Member
Umm... What? Truly, the password database dumps and advances in cracking passwords are just figment of people's imagination.
Sony Will Make Passwords Great Agan!
Uhhh no more Hurray for timezones... Thats why NZ is first
zerokoolpsx
Member
Finally.
Education about good password strategies is victim blaming? I'd say posts like yours are part of the problem. For future info, if somebody with a unique password has their account compromised, then they have/have had a keylogger in the past and logged into PSN on their computer (in which case, PSN should be the least of their concerns). Shit happens all the time.
It's great that Sony is adding 2FA though. Wish they would have more options than SMS.
LordOfChaos
Member
Happy this is coming but why do I feel like this is going to rip off all the duct tape holding PSN servers together, lol
Irishonion
Member
Wow, thought this would come with major update. Noice.
LordOfChaos
Member
Oh, a reddit mod wrote this as top comment, who is this guy who posted it?
OP title should be marked as rumour then at least?
OP title should be marked as rumour then at least?
Jacksinthe
Banned
Phone is a good start. Would love Google Auth.
family_guy
Member
I would like for the Playstation Web store to log you out automatically when you leave the site. I can go back into the web store after a month and buy a game without having to login.
Only took... six months?
I don't see why you wouldn't. Put phone number in, get SMS. Login. There's nothing "regional" there beyond area codes.
No. But it does make it harder to get into the account.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication
YOU REALLY SHOULD BE USING IT FOR EVERY ACCOUNT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. If you don't have a phone, use Yubikey or the like physical key services instead.
Iva Demilcol
Member
At fucking last
bigdaddygamebot
Member
So how would this impact "account sharing" on the PS4?
DoubleTake
Member
Has anyone gotten an email for the Firmware beta signup that went up a while back?
Justice_Bolt
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TheSpoiler
Member
The threads didn't do shit. The people getting their accounts comprised and having to continuously go to Sony did.
secretanchitman
Member
Hell yeah it's about time. Enabling this as soon as it's live in the USA.
30yearsofhurt
Member
Fool. You should have said the snow-cones in hell were to die for.
MegaManTrigger
Banned
I was going to say. Seems like people are jumping the gun.