Like Twitter, Apple or Google there are already several years, Amazon now offers its customers secure their account by a double authentication.
Specifically, once the security establishment, the customer will enter a temporary code to access its account in addition to their username and password,
The businessman has not communicated on the implementation of this measure, remains an option. That said, it is an excellent tool to avoid getting hacked his account.
So users of the site to implement this additional security by going to Account Settings. Below their name, email address and reminder of their password appears a new entry: advanced security settings
We can make the choice will receive the authentication code via SMS, voice call or through an app authentication. Amazon then asked to choose another way to identify if the user would steal his smartphone. Then comes an explanatory page and go.
If the user finds this verification in two stages too restrictive, it may choose not to activate it on a given device, the PC of the house for example, or can disable it entirely.
But knowing that the Amazon accounts retain many sensitive personal data such as purchase history, address of the user and his bank details, we strongly advise you to use it.
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