Well, this is a pleasant surprise: Sony's adding two-factor authentication to the PlayStation Network, it's confirmed. First requests for this feature were found etched into cave drawings by Neanderthals, so it's nice to know that the Japanese giant's heard your feedback and is on the case. "In order to further safeguard our users and their accounts, we are preparing to offer a two-step verification feature," a spokesperson told Polygon.
The platform holder's plans "leaked" overnight after users spotted reference to the feature in the latest PlayStation 3 firmware update, but there's no timeline on when it will be rolled out across all platforms. By the way, if you don't know what this feature entails, it basically forces you to enter a second piece of information when you login – such as a code sent to your phone – in order to ensure that your account can't be accessed, even if your password becomes compromised.
It's obviously good that this is on the way, then, but it's hard to feel any sense of excitement when it probably should have been added eons ago. Y'know, like after the PSN got hacked into oblivion five years ago. Still, by our estimates, this confirmation almost certainly guarantees that you'll be able to change your username by… Oh, approximately 2086. We can't wait!
[source polygon.com]
Comments 7
Good? How is this good?
I don't wanna send codes to my phone every time I log in! I hate this 2 step garbage. Such a headache!
They better give an option to bypass this. I am so not kidding either. This is gonna p*ss me off
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@JaxonH I took from the article that it was only when purchasing items from the store.
@JaxonH It's good because the added inconvenience results in much stronger security. Besides, people have been begging for this for years.
@JaxonH Sammy lives in England, everyone in England seemingly lives in "flats" with their "mates" who are seemingly always going into each others accounts and screwing things up. They are the ones who need this.
I'm with you though, this can't possibly be mandatory. If it is mandatory, that means Sony is planning on making it so people who buy and download a game on one account can't share it with other accounts on the device. This is Sony way of keeping all of those flatmates from each buying different games and then sharing them. It's all about control on Sony part, the flatmates who wanted this don't realize they just did themselves in.
Though I wouldn't mind if the adult games I buy on my account I could lock away from my kids. Right now I keep them all in a folder called "Adult" and my kids know to stay out. Password protection would be nice. But not if it meant Sony could keep my wife and kids from playing games purchased on my account. I'm a strong believer in "be careful what you wish for". So I'll just keep doing my parenting without Sony help.
If hackers can get one password they will be able to get 2 I think. I hope this wont screw me since I dont live in the US.
Yeah, not good news. I don't want to give any more info for Sony to lose, Especially not my phone number!
This sounds good, I hope this would let me deactivate a console easier. Super angry that I have to fill out a form to maybe get Sony to ok a console deactivation.
especially when i no longer own the activated console -____- venting done.
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