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gg123xyz
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4 years ago

2fa tip

if you use two factor authentication, one of those authentication is your email. if that email is also under a hackers control then your two factor authentication is null.

so i suggest making your email have two factor authentication also that you need to use the cell phone to authenticate that its you using the account your email is using. like gmail asks for authentication on the cell phone.

also if ea made this the default necessary to have a ea account for playing ea games, then maybe join services with the authenticators on the cell phone to see if previously banned people use the same authenticator for multiple accounts because setting up a cell phone with authenticators hard and probably not what the average loser wants to do in order to defraud non-cheaters/non-hackers in ea games.

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  • hayhor's avatar
    hayhor
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    4 years ago
    @gg123xyz Ummm why would you use an email for the 2nd step? The whole point is to use a phone that only you have.
  • Alphabets's avatar
    Alphabets
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    4 years ago
    @gg123xyz I did that but I have serious concerns after servers hack last season (save titanfall)… before this hackers could get my account, what if now they also get to know my email and phone number?
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    gg123xyz
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    4 years ago

    @Koochi-Q

    idk about u, but when it gets to the 2fa when i sign in it gives three options one is email.

    if i was a hacker and i had the option to choose a 2fa and given the choice it said do u want to go to the cell phone or the email i would pick email.

    so if some hacker gets the password, just suppose they got your password, and now they enter it in and sign in then it asks for 2fa then it says do you want to go the email 2fa then if i hacked your pc i would choose yes then go to the pc and get the 2fa email delete it then sign in.

    which i could not do if the email had 2fa as well.

    theres reports of a well known player getting hacked even with 2fa and its probably because his email is hacked too. and doesnt have 2fa on his email tied to his cell phone.

    "just choose the cell phone when asked for how to get 2fa when u sign in" koochi q...! 🙂

  • gg123xyz's avatar
    gg123xyz
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    4 years ago

    @Alphabets

    unless you root your phone and regularly install apps and install off apps then your cell phone a android i assume is safe i assume.

    just try to get 2fa tied to your cell fone for everything even amazon. get the back up keys for 2fa written down or on a picture in case the cell phone dies. have back ups to sign in in case the cell phone dies.

    write all your passwords on a real piece of paper and put it where u can find it easily.

  • hayhor's avatar
    hayhor
    Hero (Retired)
    4 years ago
    @gg123xyz Chances are people who route 2fa to their email use the same pw for email and this game. So yeah they will get hit easily. Email option is because some do not have a phone number or want to use it

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