Google Authenticator

You know, SMS codes can get intercepted via either SIM swapping and just general insecurities in the protocols behind text messages.

The one-time codes you get from apps like, you know, Google Authenticator, those can still be phished and replayed if someone tricks you into typing your password and code into a fake site.

And then, of course, push-based MFA has what we call, and what we identified last, in the last session, as MFA fatigue, where, you know, people just approve prompts to make them stop.

That's literally how Uber got breached, in fact.

And if you ever need to change your password, that's easy.

And then through the actual platforms themselves, make sure that you set up two-factor authentication with the Authenticator app, the Google Authenticator app.

That's the best one.

Or use text message.

Usually people use a live email because that's also a Microsoft product.

Are they good? Or a Gmail and then switch to Gmail Authenticator.

And, yeah, so normally there is an option to transfer the authentication, especially if you've used it for secondary things that are not actually related to your job.

then you might actually want to do that before you switch roles or jobs or things like that.

Once the account is created, You will receive a welcome email and you must click on the link inside the email to activate your user account.

During the account activation process, you will also need to set up two-factor authentication using methods such as Okta Verify or Google Authenticator.

For information on this, please refer to the following knowledge base article, Two-Factor Authentication Overview.

You can simply type it in the search bar in the customer support portal.

The article also details how to log in, reset passwords, and utilize two-factor authentication options like Okta Verify and Google Authenticator.

After setting up your 2FA method, you are ready to log into the customer support portal.

Thanks Daniel.

averages and all that stuff so i i'm sure you figured it out jay feelings of panic there i thought i figured it out

and now i need google authenticator which i don't have and i'm not gonna be able to do that

oh good lord yes you need that app on your phone it's a pain yeah we're

working towards it well i'll get you to tell me how to do it i got google authenticator okay um

well jonesy let's start you want to start local or you want to start broad i'm i'm cool with whatever you prefer because you know what my question is

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I personally use a Google password vault.

I also use Google Authenticator.

You could use a Microsoft password vault.

Maybe that's a little bit less secure.