So, the next update was the function "Confirmation of the input" and today we will make its full review. We'll tell you how it works, how to enable it, configure it or turn it off.
Each user wants to keep his personal data used at the entrance, does not want his personal documents (photos, correspondence, etc.) to become public. It is for this reason that the developers social network do everything to prevent this from happening.
What is an entry confirmation?
Confirming the input provides an additional level of protection against hacking. When using this function to enter the page, with unregistered browsers and devices, in addition to the password, you will need to enter the security code.
The code can be obtained by using a phone tied to your page.
Attention! When the login confirmation is enabled, the password recovery service by phone number becomes unavailable. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to link to the page the current e-mail, specify the correct first and last name and upload your actual photos as the main ones before proceeding with the setup.
How to connect the confirmation of the entrance to the VC
To connect this option, you will need to go to the "Settings" menu item and there, on the "General" tab, find the "Security of your page" section.
By clicking on the "Connect" button, the system window will open before you will need to click "Go to setup". Next, the system will ask you to confirm your action by typing the password:
By entering your password and clicking on the "Confirm" button, you run this option. But, do not forget that after its connection, one mobile number for will be small. It will be necessary to submit an application for consideration to the moderators.
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« In contact with always cares about your safety "- from the very first days of its existence this motto was an integral part of this social network. network. And today we have made one very big and significant step for the security of your account!
Connecting an additional verification method
A new login confirmation feature will allow you even more protect your account from "unwanted" visitors. The function was added relatively recently and is available to all users. Let's look at the connection steps:
Activate our function by going to " My settings", Open the" General information", Subgroup of settings" Security of your page". Opposite to the point " Sign-in confirmation»Click« to plug».
Now we have protected our page and activated the function. From now on, the correct pairing of login and password will not be enough to go to your page. It will be necessary to enter a special code sent to you via SMS. Please note that you need to tick the appropriate boxes.
The code sent by SMS is valid only once, which provides maximum protection against selection. That is, even if the code is intercepted or "peeped in the phone" it will not be possible to enter already. Please note that the function "Application for generating codes" personally does not inspire confidence and is not at all convenient. I advise you to turn it off. Moving on, dear readers.
Continuous use of verified devices
VKontakte took care of people's nerves and decided to save us from an endless scan on trusted devices. At authorization you will have the opportunity remember this device and rid yourself of a ton of SMS "approx.
Why can not I get a fast password recovery?
How to log in to the VKontakte site, if you forgot the password and the input protection is enabled (confirmation of the input)? You try to restore access, but you get the error message:
Rapid password recovery is not available. For your page, confirmation of the entry by mobile phone is included.
Or this:
Unfortunately, you can not recover the password at the specified phone number.
This means that sometime earlier you turned on the confirmation of the entry on your mobile phone, when you need to enter not only the password but also the code sent to the phone to enter the page.
Of course, this increases the security and protects against hacking, but now you forgot the password. What to do? Get the recovery code on the phone is now impossible, because confirmation of entry - this is when you know the password, and you have access to the phone. Both that, and another together. This is the only way to ensure security, which you voluntarily included. It is impossible to restore a page with only one phone, if you do not know the password.
How to recover the password now, access the page?
1. Restore by email
If you have additional confirmation of the input, then instead of quickly recovering the password via SMS, the password is restored via e-mail ( e-mail). Is your page tied to e-mail? If so, you can request a password recovery link to it (the instruction will open in a new window). It may happen that the page is tied to the mail, but you can not enter the mail (there is no access or you just do not remember it) - in this case it is better to try to restore access to the mail first, otherwise you will have only one way, it is more complicated and requires much more more time. Read on:
2. Restore via support
When the confirmation of the input is turned on, and the password you forgot and the page is NOT attached to e-mail (or you do not have access to the mail, or do not remember the address), the only way to restore the page is to apply for technical support. This link will open the form of the access recovery that you must complete. It's better to do this from a computer, not from a phone. Look detailed instructions here:
I'll have to prove that the page is yours. If there are no your real photographs or the real name and surname is not specified, then it is almost impossible to restore the page (or very difficult). You were warned about everything when you turned on the entrance protection. You can see why the application can be rejected. Of course, there is an opportunity to turn to VC support and try somehow to prove that the page is yours. If they see that you are a normal person and that the page is really yours, then they can meet halfway. If it does not work out then, register a new page in the VC. This is a lesson for the future.
There are no other ways to restore access. To search for them is useless. That is, in general, it can not be restored in any other way. You just read everything possible ways. Read them again if you do not understand.
Can I turn off the confirmation of the input?
Of course you can. But for this you must first go to the page. And if you can not do it yet, then you can not turn off the confirmation of the input either. Restore access, as written above.
Vkontakte - the largest social network in the CIS countries - the monthly service is visited by more than 955 million users. Vkontakte accounts are used for authorization on a huge number of services and sites. In addition, relatively recently, network users were able to send money directly through messages.
High popularity of Vkontakte makes it an attractive platform for intruders. In these conditions, it is very important to ensure maximum safety for your account. Additional protection for your account can be obtained by configuring two-factor authentication (2FA).
How to enable two-factor authentication for a Vkontakte account
- Log in to your account and go to the Settings page. Then select the Security tab.
- The uppermost section is called Sign-in confirmation. Click the "Connect" link.
- A pop-up window will open informing you that when you turn on two-factor authentication, your mobile phone number will be used to access your account. Click the button Get Started.
- In the next window, you need to check your phone number or specify a new number, then click the button to get the code.
- A confirmation code will be sent to the phone number. Enter this code in the box below, and then click Confirm and Finish setup.
- This completes the configuration. Now when you try to log into your account from an unknown device, an SMS message with an access code will come to your phone.
In the section Sign-in confirmation, clicking on the link Backup codes you can generate and save emergency codes that can be used when there is no access to the mobile device.
As a second stage of authentication, instead of an SMS message one can use one-time codes generated in the authenticator application working with the TOTP algorithm. To activate this method authentication, pre-install on your mobile device an application for authentication, for example, Google Authenticator and perform simple actions:
- In the section Sign-in confirmation next to option Applications for generating codes click the "Enable" link.
- For security reasons, the current password for your account will be requested. Enter the correct password and "Confirm".
- The next screen will display QR code, which you need to scan with the mobile application. If the image is not recognized by the scanner, manually enter the 16-digit secret key into the application.
- Enter the 6-digit one-time code generated in the application. After that, authentication through the application will be configured.
After the successful two-factor verification in the browser, you can remember this browser, so that you do not enter the second factor when logging into the account on this device.
If necessary, you can reset the codes on all trusted devices or only on the current device. In this case, the confirmation code will be requested again during the next authorization attempt.
If someone tries to enter your account, you will receive a pop-up warning about this.
How to disable two-factor authentication in a Vkontakte account
At any time, you can disable two-factor authentication for the "Vkontakte" account. However, remember that in this case, an attacker will only have to know the password to access your account. To disable two-factor authentication, follow these steps:
- Go to the menu
Greetings!
In this detailed step-by-step instructions, with photos, we show you how to additionally protect your page from unauthorized access to social network In contact with.
By enabling confirmation of the SMS login, in addition to the login and password that you use to access your VKontakte page, you will also need to enter a one-time code that will come to your phone bound to your profile.
In other words, even if someone outsiders learns your login and password, it still will not be able to enter your Vkontakte page. In addition, you will need a code that will come to your phone as an SMS message.
This protection technology, which is referred to as " two-factor authentication"Not only protects from hacking, but also completely stealing the page. Cases of fraudsters using counterfeit documents received duplicate SIM cards, which were later used to hack and steal pages.
Restoring access in this case takes some time, which is enough to commit illegal actions: sending spam and viruses, and if the user is also a leader of a large community, this kind of actions can cause serious damage to the reputation and even blocking the group or public .
Taking into account all these circumstances, with the activated "two-factor authentication", it is impossible to restore the password to the Vkontakte page via SMS, and in case of such necessity, password recovery via the e-mail page is used. By the way, how to bind E-Mail to your page, you can read here in.
It should be noted that even with the two-factor authentication enabled, it is possible to create a list of trusted devices, upon entering from which an additional sms confirmation will not be required.
For this, in the authorization process, tick the checkbox Remember Browser.
We turn on the confirmation of the SMS entry on Vkontakte
While on the site Vkontakte, click the mouse on the menu that is in the upper right corner. In the displayed list, select Settings.
On the page that appears, click on item Security. In this block, among other things, the confirmation of the entry via SMS is enabled and configured. The service is provided completely free of charge.
To enable this feature, click the button. To plug.
As a result, a window will be displayed in which you will learn about the benefits of confirming an entry using a mobile phone. Read them and click Get Started.
During the configuration, your current password will be requested, and after that the confirmation SMS will be sent to the phone tied to your profile.
At the end of the page Security settings will be displayed, using which you can generate one-time backup codes in case you have mobile phone something will happen.
Option Unassign is responsible for resetting the list of trusted devices for which additional sms confirmation is not required.
At this, the confirmation of the entry by SMS can be considered finished.
In case someone uses your login and password with activated "two-factor authentication", then you will see a pop-up message on this page about it.
If you have any questions, you can ask them in the comments.
