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Dropbox Adds Two-Factor Authentication

Posted by samzenpus on from the checking-it-twice dept.

angry tapir writes "File-sharing service Dropbox is now offering two-factor authentication, a system that makes it much harder for hackers to capture valid credentials for a person's account. Dropbox, one of the most widely used web-based storage services, said last month it planned on introducing two-factor authentication after user names and passwords were stolen from another website and used to access accounts."

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  1. Don't call it file-sharing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's cloud storage. Calling it file-sharing will get it confiscated by the Feds.

  2. Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I put my Dropbox Emergency key in Google Drive, and my Google Emergency Key in Dropbox. This should work out perfectly.

    1. Re:Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I put my Dropbox Emergency key in Google Drive, and my Google Emergency Key in Dropbox. This should work out perfectly.

      I did too, and then synced them both with my SkyDrive!