Is the incentive even there?
This provides the chosen accounts with extra security measures and security monitoring to better protect them from hacking.
Well, probably not, according to experts.
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“It would ensure that their account stays protected and does not land in the wrong hands.
However, the number of such users is pretty small.”
Thats several orders of magnitude more users and could require an extreme amount of work to make functional.
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The issue, then, is the average user, poses Baltazar.
“They don’t care much about privacy, and therefore 2FA can be annoying for such users.”
One suggestion from Baltazar is a compulsory password change every six months, with no allowance for repeated passwords.
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Several options could be implemented for smartphone-only users.
“WhatsApp and Messenger, the Facebook-owned instant messaging applications, use the phone’s fingerprint scanner to unlock.
This can be implemented for the Facebook tool, too,” Baltazar pointed out.
“Facebook can also include facial recognition for more security, as most smartphones support it.”
