Microsoft Authenticator saves the day. I was in the grocery store when I got the notification on my phone that someone was trying to sign in to my Microsoft account. I could tap Approve or Deny. I tapped Deny. I saw it again a couple of minutes later, and tapped Deny again.

Use 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) on every account that allows it. Don’t put it off any longer. Use this weekend to secure all your accounts, and start 2024 with better security.

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@paxterrarum I think I have most of my accounts with 2-Factor or some form of protection of having to answer two to three security questions (if it doesn't have 2-F). Though the questions account I think are only two.

It definitely is important!

@NaomiSkarzinski @paxterrarum and use 2FA apps whenever possible. I had a friend who had $10K+ stolen from a SIM swap attack. I use a password manager and email anonymizer for every new account but MFA with anything remotely financial. The only long term problem with the anonymizer is if the service shuts down at some point in the future. There is such a thing as too much security I suppose!

@hallmarc

One of the main reasons I don't keep banking apps on my phone. What I do have to confirm I do via the Authy app. Reminds me, I do have one account that still texts me, need to see if that institution now has ability to go through the Authy.

I don't trust password managers in the least. I have a spreadsheet with a 16 character password encryption. And that is never in the cloud anywhere.

@paxterrarum