{"id":144724,"date":"2025-03-03T00:02:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=144724"},"modified":"2025-03-03T00:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T05:02:05","slug":"importance-of-two-factor-authentication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/importance-of-two-factor-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance Of Two-Factor Authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-3619811088\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\r\n<p>Today, I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about a Disney employee whose life was destroyed because he didn\u2019t have two-factor authentication (2FA) turned on in his password manager. I thought,\u00a0<em>\u201cWhat an idiot! He certainly was not a DCT reader! All DCT readers would have 2FA turned on for their password manager.\u201d\u00a0<\/em> I then rethought this. Some DCT readers may not have 2FA turned on. Also, we have new DCT readers all the time. I decided to show how to turn on 2FA in two popular password managers, <strong>1Password <\/strong>and <strong>Bitwarden, <\/strong>so something like this could not happen to a DCT reader.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Matthew Van Andel was a Disney employee who decided to download an artificial intelligence program from GitHub to his home computer that would create AI images from text prompts. The AI program was malware that gave the hacker behind the program complete access to his computer. It also gave the hacker access to Van Andel&#8217;s <a title=\"Bitwarden Password Generator\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/bitwarden-password-generator\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92\">password<\/a> manager, 1Password. <strong>That\u2019s the same password manager that I currently use!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Van Andel used 1Password to store passwords, sensitive information, and \u201csession cookies\u201d (digital files stored on his computer that allowed him to access online resources including Disney\u2019s Slack channel). The hacker published online every 1Password login credential that Van Andel had stored.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In addition, the hacker used Van Andel\u2019s Slack credentials to publish more than 44 million Disney messages online. The hacker also used Van Andel\u2019s login credentials to steal from Disney. The hacker published private customer information, employee passport numbers, theme park and streaming revenue numbers in a\u00a0huge data dump.<\/p><div id=\"daves-2353745559\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As Van Andel investigated his break-in, he realized that his 1Password account wasn\u2019t protected by a second factor! He had not taken the extra step of turning on two-factor authentication.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Van Andel was fired from Disney after a forensic analysis of his work computer revealed that he had accessed pornographic material on the device (another stupid thing that he did).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stupidity<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Van Andel made a lot of dumb mistakes. First, Van Andel was an engineer for a Fortune 50 company. He knew he was a target for hackers and should have been careful. Second, he downloaded a piece of unknown software (this wasn\u2019t a small app but a large application with nodes, libraries, wheels and executables). Third, the article didn\u2019t say this, but my guess is that he loaded all this in an Admin account giving the malware complete control of his PC. Fourth, it took him five months to run a secondary antivirus (which found the malware immediately, by the way). If you are loading dangerous items like this, you need more than a single layer of protection. Fifth, he did not have 2FA turned on for his password manager. Sixth, he was visiting porn sites on his work computer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not Password Manager\u2019s Fault<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I use 1Password as my password manager. This was not the fault of 1Password. The hacker had unrestricted access to Van Andel\u2019s computer for five months. The hacker did not get into 1Password&#8217;s servers, nor crack 1Password\u2019s encryption.\u00a0<\/p><div id=\"daves-2681644868\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><strong>Note<\/strong>: It is possible that with so much access to Van Andel\u2019s PC, the hacker may have gotten into his 1Password account even if 2FA was turned on.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Is Two-Factor Authentication?<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Two-factor authentication (TFA) or (2FA), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and two-step verification (2SV), are all different names for essentially the same thing. Proving your identity via a second means. 2FA requires people to verify their identity based on two of the three factors that can confirm identity:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Something you know (e.g., a password)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Something you have (e.g., a phone)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>Something you are (e.g., a fingerprint or facial scan)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This is not new and DCT readers are not strangers to 2FA. I found an article on two-step verification <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/protect-online-accounts-with-two-step-verification\/\">back in 2014<\/a> in the DCT archives. And Jim Hillier wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/what-is-2fa-why-you-need-it\/\">article in 2021<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/the-great-password-about-face\/\">another in 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Types Of Two-Factor Authentication<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Common types of 2FA used in password managers ranked from weakest to strongest:<\/p><div id=\"daves-1514646301\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-3 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Email<\/strong>: A message sent to your email. Negatives are that there could be a delay in the arrival of the message, and it is only as <a title=\"Gmail\u2019s New Authentication Method\" href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/gmails-new-authentication-method\/\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91\">secure as your email<\/a> account.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>SMS<\/strong>: A text message sent to your phone. Negatives are that it is susceptible to SIM card swapping, and messages could be intercepted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Authenticator<\/strong>: Uses a hash-based one-time password authentication standard. One-time codes are synchronously generated on both the client and server sides using a cryptographic algorithm.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Duo<\/strong>: An authenticator app for businesses.<\/p><div id=\"daves-4091082\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-4 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Hardware Key (Yubikey):<\/strong> A physical hardware key that needs to be inserted into a USB slot to authenticate the user.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How To Set Two-Factor Authentication in 1Password<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To set up 2FA in 1Password, you need to first log in to your 1Password vault on the web version of the vault, not a client.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/my.1password.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/my.1password.com<\/a> and log into your vault.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_login.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"685\" class=\"wp-image-144727\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_login-640x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_login-640x685.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_login-350x374.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_login-140x150.jpg 140w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_login-768x821.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_login.jpg 949w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once logged in, select the hamburger symbol in the upper corner.<\/p><div id=\"daves-200729208\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-5 daves-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_hamburger.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"353\" class=\"wp-image-144728\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_hamburger-640x353.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_hamburger-640x353.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_hamburger-350x193.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_hamburger-150x83.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_hamburger-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_hamburger.jpg 1236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Click the drop down next to your name and select <strong>My Profile.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_profile.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"196\" class=\"wp-image-144729\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_profile-640x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_profile-640x196.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_profile-350x107.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_profile-150x46.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_profile-768x235.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_profile-1536x470.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_profile-1320x404.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_profile.jpg 1589w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Select <strong>More Actions<\/strong> and then <strong>Manage Two-Factor Authentication.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_more_actions.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"458\" class=\"wp-image-144730\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_more_actions-640x458.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_more_actions-640x458.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_more_actions-350x250.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_more_actions-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_more_actions-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_more_actions-1320x945.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_more_actions.jpg 1347w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Turn on two-factor authentication(s) if it is not already on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_2fa_options.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"455\" class=\"wp-image-144731\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_2fa_options-640x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_2fa_options-640x455.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_2fa_options-350x249.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_2fa_options-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_2fa_options-768x546.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1password_2fa_options.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How To Set Two-Factor Authentication In Bitwarden<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To set up 2FA in Bitwarden, you need to first log in to your Bitwarden vault on the web version of the vault, not a client.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Goto <a href=\"https:\/\/bitwarden.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bitwarden.com<\/a> and select <strong>Log In<\/strong> in the upper right corner. Now, log in to your vault.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"206\" class=\"wp-image-144733\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_1-640x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_1-640x206.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_1-350x113.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_1-150x48.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_1-768x247.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_1-1320x425.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_1.jpg 1332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"514\" class=\"wp-image-144734\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_2-640x514.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_2-640x514.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_2-350x281.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_2-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_2-768x617.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_login_2.jpg 1182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>On the left side menu, select <strong>Security<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" class=\"wp-image-144735\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu1-640x311.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu1-640x311.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu1-350x170.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu1-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu1-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu1-1320x641.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu1.jpg 1393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now, select <strong>Two-step login<\/strong> from the top menu and page down to the bottom of the page.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"306\" class=\"wp-image-144736\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu2-640x306.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu2-640x306.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu2-350x167.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu2-150x72.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu2-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_security_menu2.jpg 1175w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Turn on two-factor authentication(s) if it is not already on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_2fa_options.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"336\" class=\"wp-image-144737\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_2fa_options-640x336.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_2fa_options-640x336.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_2fa_options-350x184.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_2fa_options-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_2fa_options-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/bitwarden_2fa_options.jpg 1105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Bottom Line<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I can not stress enough how important it is to set up two-factor authentication for your password manager. Your password manager is the key to your digital kingdom. Protect it. Don\u2019t make the mistake that Matthew Van Andel did.<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"daves-3737809823\" class=\"daves-after-content daves-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I read an article in The Wall Street Journal about a Disney employee whose life was destroyed because he didn\u2019t have two-factor authentication (2FA) turned on in his password manager. I thought,\u00a0\u201cWhat an idiot! He certainly was not a DCT reader! 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