John-ShepardOkay, so they're catching up.
Though it has been available for Xbox Live account creation since 2013, Sony will finally bring two-factor authentication to the PlayStation Network.
Not long after a Twitter user noticed the latest PS3 firmware update mentioned this new form of verification, the company confirmed the upcoming feature. As Sony said in a statement to GameSpot :
"In order to further safeguard our users and their accounts, we are preparing to offer a two-step verification feature."
We don't yet know when this extra security measure will arrive; the Sony representative just said more details will arrive "at a later date." If you're not familiar, two-step verification requires prospective users to submit two different forms of verification before gaining access to their account. It takes a little longer but obviously, it's more secure than just one password.
Well, anything Sony can do to improve security is probably a good thing. They'll never live down the infamous 2011 PSN hack.
Yeah that sorta shoulda been done from the beginning.
When PSN first began, very few systems or public networks even supported optional multi-factor security. But it's been gaining ground fast. Faceboo and Google do it now. Even individual game puclishers are in on the act; Square Enix has offered a hardware or software token to generate a one time password in addition to your account password for many years.
I have to say though, that after the big PSN hack, I was surprised that they didn't institute multi-factor security when PSN came back up.
I'm glad t see it is coming at last though. It should make people's accounts, and PSN itself a bit harder to crack open.
Yeah that sorta shoulda been done from the beginning.
When PSN first began, very few systems or public networks even supported optional multi-factor security. But it's been gaining ground fast. Faceboo and Google do it now. Even individual game puclishers are in on the act; Square Enix has offered a hardware or software token to generate a one time password in addition to your account password for many years.
I have to say though, that after the big PSN hack, I was surprised that they didn't institute multi-factor security when PSN came back up.
I'm glad t see it is coming at last though. It should make people's accounts, and PSN itself a bit harder to crack open.