why 2 step all off a sudden?

[WARburton]

if im honest i don't really care but was all of a sudden am i been kicked out of my account and forced to do 2 sped?
i assume there as been a forum update?

 

[andy_mk3]

2FA is now compulsory for everyone who has been a member for six months and who has 1,000 posts. If you're not forced to enable it, we strongly encourage you to enable it anyway.

You just hit 1000 posts.

 

[WARburton]

You just hit 1000 posts.

ok, i don't understand, i assume some random forum rule?
like i said i don't care, i have it for games servers and all that crap, it was just a shock, i hit enter the make a post and it was like bam... do it now or die hahah

 

[Werewolf]

As andy says you've just hit 1000 posts and long enough for access to the members market which triggers the 2 step authentication as a way to help protect members market (we had several accounts that gotcompromised due to reuse of login details from other sites and tried to scam people).

I think there might be a way to lock yourself out of MM and thus not need the 2 step but i'm pretty tired at the moment and can't remember the details or if that was just something we looked at doing.