[url]http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/11/10/twitch-adds-two-factor-authentication-accounts-web-mobile-apps/[/url]
[quote=Android Police/Alex Hatzenbuhler]Twitch has been the largest live streaming video platform for quite some time now, and now they decided to push out an update that helps users protect their accounts. Two-Factor Authentication is now available on all Twitch accounts.
Enabling this feature adds an additional layer of security by requiring something that you have in your possession, with the first layer being something you know (e.g. your password). This thing you have is a code, which can be generated through a Two-Factor Authentication application, or sent to you via a text message. This generated code changes after a brief interval, usually 30 seconds. Due to the nature of Two-Factor Authentication, attackers are unable to access your account without being able to generate one of these secure codes. Twitch has teamed up with Authy to generate a secure code for you. I've been using Authy for a few years now, and I highly recommend it as a way to manage your Two-Factor codes. Unfortunately, they are not supporting TOTP (Time-based One-time Password Algorithm) right now, so you are limited to Authy or a text message.[/quote]
It's great to see more services using it.
I wonder if this is because of Towel and his actions.
[QUOTE=Fangz;49093885]I wonder if this is because of Towel and his actions.[/QUOTE]
It may have been a planned feature on the backburner of development, but I imagine the joel incident made them push it out
[QUOTE=Atlascore;49094156]What happened?[/QUOTE]
Kid got into Vinesauce's youtube and fucked it up [B][I]HARD.[/I][/B]
[QUOTE=Keyblockor1;49094301]Kid got into Vinesauce's youtube and fucked it up [B][I]HARD.[/I][/B][/QUOTE]
He was able to restore all of his videos but he lost a lot of subs from it.
[QUOTE=Helix Snake;49094343]He was able to restore all of his videos but he lost a lot of subs from it.[/QUOTE]
21k total subscriber loss, to=wel kid is going on a hacking spree, and everytime that happens they usually get caught pretty fast. Vinesauce in total doesn't want any attention towards him or the events as to not entice him to either target them again or others.
Same should be for this thread, as was done with the still-banned-name people. They live off of attention, and if they get it they'll do worse things. They almost always get caught in the end.
As far as I'm concerned, that chaos was created due to an Xsplit leak a while back, where some people didn't change their passwords afterward.
Regardless, it's always nice to see popular services get more safety. Steam especially has been doing that lately.
Nice, nice. Should be great for people that need it. I just hope they don't mandate it to [i]every[/i] channel. I have no need for it, I barely even watch twitch and have somewhere around three followers on there. I couldn't care less if that gets hacked, it has no value to me.
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