Your Gravatar profile is your passport to the digital world, and you want to keep that passport safe. To add another layer of security, you can enable two-step authentication by following the steps in this guide.
What is two-step authentication?
Two-step authentication is a method of making your online accounts safer. Not only does it require that you know something to log in (a password), but you must also possess something (your mobile device or a physical key). The benefit of this approach to security is that even if someone discovers your password, they cannot log in unless they also have access to your possession.
Gravatar.com offers two-step authentication via a mobile device. Once you’ve set up two-step authentication, we send a new code to your device any time you log in with your password, which you must input before logging in. It adds an extra step to the login process, making your account much more secure.
Set up two-step authentication
Here, we’ll explain how to enable two-step authentication on your Gravatar.com account. Take the following steps:
- Open the Gravatar profile editor and select the Security & data option from the Account settings.
- Press the Update button beneath Login & security to be taken to your WordPress.com account settings
- Follow the instructions in this WordPress.com two-step authentication guide
Please make sure to keep a safe copy of your backup codes.
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