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Suggestion to add support for 2FA/MFA
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Evilish
on 27/12/2020, 18:28:36 UTC
Is there any reason why Bitcointalk still doesn't have support for users enabling 2FA/MFA (two factor authentication / multi factor authentication)? I have seen many Bitcointalk accounts getting compromised over the years and those accounts are then used for malicious activities. I believe a lot of that could be avoided if Bitcointalk added support for members to add an additional factor of authentication in from of Google Authenticator or some other way.

There already exist mods for SMF (the forum software Bitcointalk uses) that make integration of two factor authentication very simple, such as this one: https://www.smfpacks.com/2fa/

I understand next gen version of Bitcointalk is in the works, but I feel something this simple shouldn't take too much work for theymos/administration team. Even adding a PIN in addition to the password would be somewhat helpful in my opinion, if adding 2FA/MFA is too much work.

Please give this suggestion a thought. I am sure many members here would be on board to add multi factor authentication to their accounts to add an additional layer of security.

Best,
Evilish