Important Tips To Secure Your Crypto Holding: The Use Of 2FA #009

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Hello friends,

I trust you are doing perfectly fine today and you are enjoying your activities in the community.

Today we shall be discussing on how we can secure our crypto holdings, and in the last discussion, we learnt about sms two factor authentication and we shall continue today.

Without wasting any time, let's dive into the content of the day.

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BENEFITS OF SMS TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION

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Explained below are some benefit of sms two factor authentication

• ALERTS FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY:

With the use of sms as an extra layer of security, user can be easily notified for any suspected illegal activity on his account.

For example if another user attempt to login to a user's account using a different mobile device, the original owner of the account will be notified through sms message.

This notification goes a long way in guaranteeing security of a user's account from malicious individuals.

• MULTI-PLATFORM SUPPORT:

Another benefit of sms as an extra layer of support is that sms can be used across various platforms.

It can be used by websites, it can be used by mobile apps and some many other applications.

Almost all, if not all platforms support the use of sms, and this makes it a very strong extra security layer.

• INCREASED TRUST:

Another reason it is beneficial to make use of sms as an extra layer of security is that users have come to trust the use of sms more as a means of security.

They have grown fond of the use of sms messages in their normal day to day activities and as such, it has become easier for them to trust the operation of this sms.

• SECURITY AWARENESS:

Another benefit of sms as an extra layer of security is that the use of sms helps to imbibe the sense of security urgency in the mind of individuals.

Using sms as an extra layer of security will help users to understand that the online security can be breached and for this reason, an offline security has to be used as a backup plan.

With that in mind, users will be very careful and will pay more attention to online security if their accounts.

• REDUCED PASSWORD FATIGUE:

Another interesting benefit associated with the use of sms as an extra layer of security is that it reduces the stress associated with regularly remembering one's password.

When you regularly make use of sms two factor authentication, you don't have to memorize any password, rather a code will regularly be sent to your account whenever you want to access your account.

All a user will be required to do is to copy his code and then paste it in the right place, that is the column meant for placing passwords.

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CONCLUSION

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There are several benefits of sms two factor authentication and we have examined some today.

See you next time my fans ❤️