What is 2FA?
With several data breach incidents, we've witnessed a massive increase in the number of social and professional website accounts being hacked. Sometimes, even a simple human error can cause huge trouble globally. Sometimes, it's easy to predict the password of a user based on their daily activity, behavior, or even name. Users still tend to use plain text passwords to protect their account, and among the worst are password, 123456, and abcde.
2FA is an extra layer of security that's used to ensure that only the legitimate owner can access their account. In this method, the user will first enter a combination of a username and password, and, instead of directly getting into their account, the user will be required to provide other information. This other piece of information can come in one of the following forms:
- Something that the user knows: This could be information such as a password, an answer to a secret question, or maybe a personal identification number (PIN).
- Something...
