But then I was asked to set a 6-digit phone PIN, which isn’t what we’re looking for. The language seemed 2FA-esque.įirst, I needed to add a mobile phone to my account, which was straightforward. But I noticed a field under “Personal Information” called “Telephone PIN” that seemed promising. No Security section there, but perhaps “Site Preferences” will help. I brushed the dust off my eBay account, logged in, clicked on “My eBay” and then the “Account” tab. Naked Security readers: If you are more eBay-fluent than I and find that I’ve missed an obvious, easier way to set up 2FA for eBay, please let me know and I will be very happy to correct this post.
I’ve retraced my steps in the post below for your edification. An option to enable 2FA via a key fob that I’d have to purchase.A static telephone PIN for my eBay account.I went down the proverbial rabbit hole just to try and find a clear, simple answer. It was mind-bogglingly disjointed and difficult. In the case of eBay, I spent over an hour trying to figure out how to enable 2FA on my account. After all, companies that offer 2FA want to make it as easy as possible to entice folks like you and me to use them.
Generally, the process for setting up 2FA nowadays is very straightforward. So, spurred on by this most excellent comment from a faithful Naked Security reader, off I went to research the steps.
#Extracting aes keys from symantec vip access series#
Our first post of the series received a comment requesting a walk-through on setting up 2FA for an eBay account.Īccording to the Two Factor Auth List, eBay does indeed support 2FA (at least on the US version). We’ve been doing a series of posts about setting up two-factor authentication (2FA) on a variety of sites that you may use every day.
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