Guild Wars 2

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/info/news/Beta-Feature-Mobile-Two-Factor-Authentication

I just set it up in a matter of minutes and I tested it out by logging into the game and my account on this site and it works 100% fine. I am very happy to have this extra security for my account. I am using a new email for this game, I have the email address done so that I need to log in from my mobile and I have the IP detector thing and now this so I am feeling pretty happy and safe with my account.

Huzzah for two-factor! My husband’s account just had someone try and log in from Japan. He’s running around changing passwords this afternoon.

will the google authentication over write the IP/location based filtering? or is in addition to

80 million of us do still use blackberry…just sayin

What’s the process if something happens and I have to reinstall the app on my phone? I know with other mobile phone authenticators if something happened to the app or it was uninstalled without first removing it from your account it was a big headache.

From what I read it will not longer send you e-mails about unauthorized attempts when you have this set up. Would it be possible to allow us to have both security settings at the same time?

Frugal McMayhem.5307:

What’s the process if something happens and I have to reinstall the app on my phone? I know with other mobile phone authenticators if something happened to the app or it was uninstalled without first removing it from your account it was a big headache.

You can use the account recovery form to unlink the authenticator if you lose access to your phone.

Well, I haven’t had any trouble with account security or unwanted access, yet. Though I went ahead and setup the Authenticator on my eBook just to hopefully keep it that way.

Yes, my eBook rather then my phone. It doesn’t run out of power on me as often as my phone does, so I’d rather not end up waiting a bit to play a game to reach my authenticator.

That, and so if I do loose the device authenticator is on … that means I still have a hold on my Phone which Google uses. If I loose my phone, I still have my authenticator on my eBook.

And if we don’t have a smartphone that runs any of those operating systems?

Can I configure this to use something I am and something I have as the two factors? Something I know is too easy to beat.

Oh, and to note:

Google Authenticator App exists for Blackberry OS Devices. Just go to m.google.com/authenticator on your Blackberry to get the app, then proceed with the instructions above.

Then there are third party Authenticators for various other OSes, linked here including Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7. Though the one for the Windows Mobile IS based off of the open-sourced code for the Authenticator

Thanks…..downloaded, linked and using now.