Really getting tired of hacking now

robfosters said:
Well Uber eats doesn’t offer 2FA for a start
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It does but only if you activate it on the main uber app (the taxi one). It then applies the same 2FA to your uber eats one.

2FA or MFA is just a way of having another layer of security on top of your password (ie a token/code that is refreshed at regular intervals). There are apps like Google Authenticator, Authy,MS authenticator etc that you can use from your phone or you can setup a sms or email notification. So when you login the site/provider will ask for a password and the code showing on the authenticator app/sms at that precise moment (pretty much like RSA tokens which flash a code on the device or HSBC ones). Most sites these days offer MFA via your account settings page or security settings,so you can go and activate it on there.
 
Kreeeee said:
If you use gmail you can use “<your email prefix>+<some random characters>@gmail.com” for a unique username in addition to a unique password.
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That should work for any mail host really, it's part of the RFCs for email, but some choose to do it their own way.

Also, annoyingly I've come across quite a few website which don't allow you to use a + to register an email address to an account, Microsoft being one of them. :(
 
The UK needs more internet safety education. Not just in schools but for older people who missed it, and regular refreshers anyway as things change. It's essential for national security, mental health, and election integrity so it's shocking it doesn't already happen. :(
 
billysielu said:
The UK needs more internet safety education. Not just in schools but for older people who missed it, and regular refreshers anyway as things change. It's essential for national security, mental health, and election integrity so it's shocking it doesn't already happen. :(
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It's available... lots information out there. They just need to Google "Internet security" or "account security".

Yet there is plenty of the older generation who don't care or want to know.

So.... Just leave them to be ignorant. They will look into it when it effects them in a negative way, normally financially.


This is why over the past 7 years it has been a part of secondary school education. It should then filter up to parents, unless the parents never speak to their children.
 
billysielu said:
I'm imagining an annual event with national media coverage. Bring the information to the people rather than relying on them to go looking for it.
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That would involve actually giving out decent information, rather than half of the news stories that we have every day
 
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