Saturday 1 June 2013
Evernote to introduce two factor authentication for premium accounts
Posted on 00:13 by Maria Scott
An unauthorized infringement compelled Evernote
to reset 50 million plus user passwords on the March 2. In less than 3
months after the breach, it is adopting more stringent security, with
three new measures which include a two factor authentication, initially
to go live to its premium users.
In lieu of the breach in March, the
company proposes to introduce a two-step authentication for all
registered users "later this year" and a security measure- which will
use SMS for verifying the identity of a user- to be introduced, along
with 'access history' and 'authorized applications' measures.
The two-step verification was adopted by Twitter
as well to better protect user accounts from hacking and unauthorized
entries. The feature will function in the same way that it does with
Google and other services. As the company says that Two-step
verification will include an additional security measure to log into an
Evernote account in order to make sure that the person logging is the
rightful owner of that specific account. The process with two step
verification enabled requires a username, password and a unique code
that's sent across to the user's cellphone and generated by Google
Authenticator app or can be printed out by the user in advance.
Adding more skin to the protection,
access history will keep users informed about the locations from which
they have logged into Evernote from, which can be altered if their
account has been accessed by a third-party.
Authorized application is another
important security feature which lets users have a clear view of which
services are associated with Evernote and have full control to do away
with any service that they do not approve of.
The company intends to bring all these
security features to all users in the near future. Premium users will be
chosen to trial as they are the most engaged and will able to provide
quality feedback.
“With feedback from our Premium users,
we’ll be best prepared to address questions and concerns as we continue
the roll out to our larger user base,” the company said in a blog post.
Source: http://www.thinkdigit.com/Internet/Evernote-to-introduce-two-factor-authentication-for_14869.html
Source: http://www.thinkdigit.com/Internet/Evernote-to-introduce-two-factor-authentication-for_14869.html
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