Setting up 2FA gives you the peace of mind knowing that your accounts are secure
Earlier this month, our team wrote about the latest Facebook data breach and offered suggestions on how to improve your account security. Let's now walk through the steps you can take to enable two-factor authentication on your accounts.
Unfortunately, Facebook (and Google) don’t make authentication particularly easy. And to make matters worse, both companies have the habit of changing their menu options to confound even those who have done it previously.
My recommendation is to use a web browser, rather than mobile apps, for these activities. This is because you’ll want the additional screen real estate and some of the options are more difficult to find in mobile apps.
Adding authenticators to your Facebook account
Start by clicking on your name in the upper right of the screen and go to the three horizontal dots next to the 'Edit Profile' box. Select 'Profile and Tagging Settings' then 'Security and Login' from the left-hand menu options. You should see a list of where you're currently logged in — if you don’t recognize the location or the operating systems listed, there's a three dot menu which you can select to log out of that session.
This is a good time to change your account password, and make sure you choose something unique, as Facebook says on the settings page.
The next section is where you set up your additional authentication factors. Facebook breaks this down into three subsec ..
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