{"id":279287,"date":"2018-10-10T09:19:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T07:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=279287"},"modified":"2018-10-10T09:22:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T07:22:06","slug":"instagram-enables-app-based-two-factor-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/279287-instagram-enables-app-based-two-factor-authentication.html","title":{"rendered":"Instagram enables app-based two-factor authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram has rolled out a new security feature to all users which adds a non-SMS-based two-factor authentication method, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2018\/10\/09\/instagram-2fa-two-factor-authentication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TechCrunch<\/strong><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>While the app previously required users to authenticate their login attempts via text message, users can now choose to use an authentication app to approve their logins.<\/p>\n<p>To enable two-factor authentication on Instagram, users can open the app and navigate to Settings &gt; Privacy and Security &gt; Two-Factor Authentication.<\/p>\n<p>From this menu, users can select the Authentication App method to link an app such as Google Authenticator or Authy.<\/p>\n<p>If you do not have an authentication app installed, Instagram will automatically invite you to download one.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/security\/277999-top-instagram-accounts-hacked-and-ransomed.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Top Instagram accounts hacked and ransomed<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram has rolled out a new security feature to all users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":169151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[54469,44158,10424],"class_list":["post-279287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-app-based","tag-authentication","tag-instagram"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279297,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279287\/revisions\/279297"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}