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multiactor authentication or MFA is an approach to predicting your logging

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credentials that requires the presentation of two or more of the three

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independent authentication factors a knowledge Factor something only the user

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knows a possession Factor something only the user has and an inherence Factor

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something only the user is the most popular form of multifactor

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authentication is two-factor authentication which is used by online

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services like Gmail and steam the three factors are pretty clearly

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defined knowledge factors include PIN codes personal questions like your

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mother's maiden name passwords and swipe tap or knock patterns like those on

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smartphone lock screens possession factors are physical items like an

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identification card that you would swipe to access secure areas of a building or

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a USB drive with an encryption key on it that decrypts a protected folder on a

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computer though for the most part possession factors are being eliminated

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and replaced by smartphone Fe features and apps making your smartphone your

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possession Factor inherence factors are

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also known as biometric identifiers there are relatively new form of

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authentication and include face recognition fingerprint scans voice

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prints and the ever popular sci-fi friendly Iris and retinal scans now

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there's no doubt that biometric authentication factors are super cool

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and while they're quickly being pushed into the mainstream they're also meeting

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a fair bit of resistance and for good reason one issue is that biometric

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information can be easily repeated once compromised and a second is that many

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individuals object to having their biometric information tracked and stored

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in a database somewhere which seems like a fairly valid concern given the amount

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of secure data that gets compromised on a daily basis and that unlike a password

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you can't run around changing your fingerprints or retinas at least not yet

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so that's what it is but what is it for well better security logging in by

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combining a knowledge Factor like your password with a possession Factor like a

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physical key or a code sent to your smartphone makes your account much more

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difficult to Target for online attacks let's take Gmail's two Factor

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authentication as an example even if a wannabe account hijacker obtains your

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password with a key logger or a security question exploit Google will require the

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entry of a six-digit code that they send to you that must be entered within a

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couple minutes something that hijacker can't get without your smartphone and on

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top of that and we're continuing the GMA example here once someone tries to log

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in with the correct password that notification will go straight to you and

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you'll immediately know that someone is trying to access your account without

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your permission and also that it's probably time to re-evaluate your

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extremely secure password of gayen is love gab Ben his life now there are a

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few reasons why people don't use multiactor authentication some Services

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don't support it some people share accounts with a couple or a business

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partner so they can't both have the same smartphone at the same time to use it

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and then some people just plain can't be ared to add another step to their login

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process but if you truly care about

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keeping your personal data private from prying eyes aside from those with a

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warrant that is then the message here is that it's worth the effort if the

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service doesn't support it maybe you should find one that does if you share

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an email account with your significant other or business partner just get your

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own email they aren't exactly expensive and if you simply don't care well then I

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think you're underestimating what someone with access to your accounts can

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do to you I've been key logged before and multiactor authentication on one of

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my accounts was the only thing that kept me from losing other ones speaking of

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