Security: Instagram now requires two factors for authentication – EN Official

the safety of Instagram was reinforced with a two-factor authentication system for users will need to add a random password that social networking will send SMS immediately after the introduction of the single password that. has been required so far

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The template now adopted by Instagram, a social network with over 400 million users, is similar to what was put in place, almost five years ago, on Facebook.

authentication, which hitherto depended on an email and a password, will now be done through two factors.

the email and password remain, but at the time they are entered Instagram will send a message (SMS) to the mobile phone registered on the account, with the message code that serves as a second password

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the platform security has been a major target of criticism from those who use Instagram, it took to apply a formula that was popularized on social networks by Facebook.

according to the TechCrunch site, Instagram, increasingly popular among celebrities, is already notifying users to changes in the authentication process.

Still the date for the entry into operation of the second authentication factor was not revealed

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