2FA in Forums

[Nomad]

I have been posting on forums since 2015, over the period of 8 years, I have used hundreds of forums. I am still active on over two dozen forums. However, except for AJ, I have never come across any forums where 2FA has been enabled. I do not even have 2FGA on my forums. The only benefit I see in this is to stop unauthorized access to the forum. What are other possible benefits of using 2FA in a forum? Do you have 2FA enabled on your forum? Would you enable 2FA?

 

[Jordan]

I have never come across any forums where 2FA has been enabled

If your the same Nomad that's on RIF, you've come across one

Most of my sites will have 2FA enabled. However, I don't force it on people except administrators. Up to the user if they want to enable it. I have it enabled myself.

What are other possible benefits of using 2FA in a forum?

Mostly just security really. If you do end up getting a compromised password, you aren't risking your account. At least the likelihood of your account getting unauthorized access significantly decreases.

 

[Tracy]

I have it enabled on my astro site, but it's not mandated. You can also use something like a Yubi key instead of your phone for 2FA.

 

[Reverie]

This used to be a problem back in the day of old forums where accounts would get cracked. People panicked. I now wonder how true that was and if people just mostly leaked the staff room in their own regard. I know some community admins had their accounts cracked though and I do believe that. The security of forums was a bit lacking then so I think many consider it now especially if you use the same password/email at all sites you go to.

 

[Empire]

2FA is enabled on my end, But it's a choice via that member if they want it or not. Then again no idea if I have it working or not now ahhaahahha IPB is good anyway without it

I'm aware there is an plugin for it but I have to pay ;(

 

[Al]

What’s 2FA? I’ve never seen that acronym before.

 

[Bluezone777]

2FA stands for 2 Factor Authorization. It basically means doing something requires you to input a code that is sent to you either to an e-mail address as an e-mail or as a text to a cell phone number that you have previously set up.

 

[Al]

Yes. I know it. PayPal 2FA annoys me. Just didn’t grasp the acronym. Ta.

 

[Fayble]

The only real purpose in 2FA on any forum, IMO, is to stop people from gaining access to the Admin CP or any other moderator function which may potentially cause a disruption to the overall community. Disruptions such as: deleting or editing posts, banning or deleting other user's accounts, or even deleting the forum in general. Other than that, I suppose I'd just leave it to the individual members preference.

 

[Ravenfreak]

I never have 2FA enabled on my forums, I probably won't enable it for staff either. Though when I was using Xenforo, I forgot to turn the feature off and I would have to enter the code sent to my email to log back into my account. :V

 

[Aaron]

I never use it as a member but if I have a high staff status on a forum I'll request it to be enabled.

 

[kensonplays]

I use it on all websites that have it available. But most especially, on websites where I spend money. I always enable it for accounts where there is a chance that I will spend money on it either now or in the future. Even if I do not plan to spend money on the site, I usually enable 2FA if it is available anyway. It is just good security practice to have.

 

[Nomad]

If your the same Nomad that's on RIF, you've come across one

Yeah, that's me!
So, you have enabled 2FA on RIF as well?

 

[Heatman]

This is enabled in some forums that I make use of and I don't have any problems with it. It's even enabled here on AJ. It's good to have a good security to one's account on forums to avoid losing your account.

 

[Cory]

I tend to only use 2FA on accounts that need extra security, such as bank accounts, password managers, forums I am a staff member on, etc. Unfortunately, Jcink (the software I use) doesn't have 2FA, the closest thing it has is a security question for the ACP. I would use 2FA on my board if the option were available. All in all, I haven't used 2FA on very many forums.

 

[Spartan]

I’ve only had the option on one other forum and I used it as I made a lot of deals there.

 

[Excommunicado]

I only use 2FA for my bank account and sites/services that force me to use it, such as Apple ID. I don’t use 2FA on any forums for 2 reasons: I think it’s inconvenient and I don’t think it’s absolutely necessary. Sure, it adds an extra layer of security, but it’s extremely rare that it will come to that.