One of the safest ways to protect our Facebook profile is through two-step authentication that the platform will ask us for along with the password. This verification consists of giving our account greater security so that no person can access it without our authorization.
Thanks to the activation of this tool, Facebook will be able to inform us each time you enter from a device that does not recognize it or from a place that is not the usual place where we usually do it.
In order to know all the benefits and the steps that are needed to protect our profile, we have made this post, with which you will also be able to know how to recover your Facebook account if you lose your phone.
Why should I protect my profile with two-factor verification? Benefits
As we mentioned in the previous paragraphs, two-factor verification helps us protect our Facebook account by giving us the ability to log in with two registration parameters. That is, we will not only need the password but also an access code or the function of a third-party application.
When we activate this tool we obtain a higher layer in our security, therefore, we will obtain the following benefits:
- No person will be able to log in from our account if they do not have the second step, even if they know our password.
- It will not be possible to log in from any device that does not recognize Facebook since it will send us an alert for which we have to approve it, if it is not us they will not be able to access our profile.
- By increasing the security level, no hacker will be able to intercept our account and impersonate us since they will need the second verification step
- We will be sure that our data will be protected since no one will be able to access it without being able to verify the steps.
- The configuration is very simple, and you can also use very secure third-party apps.
Keep in mind that, if we have not saved our computer or mobile phone from which we have accessed Facebook, we will be asked to do so when we carry out the two-factor verification, therefore, we will always have known devices.
We recommend not saving the browser when we are using a public computersince security measures are considerably reduced because Facebook understands that this device is ours and when a hacker enters through that device, the social network alerts will not work.
When our computer has functions activated such as VPN, private browsing or that of deleting the data once we leave it, the device will not be recognized with which we are accessing. This is why we recommend keeping these settings in mind, since the two-step verification tool may not be effective.
The phone number to which Facebook will send us an SMS we have to consider the possibility of being able to access it, otherwise we will not be able to enter the account.
Steps to activate two-step validation on your Facebook account
When we decide to activate the verification function of two processes We have to keep in mind that the start to our Facebook profile will be a little more cumbersomebecause we will not only have to enter our password, but also the second registration factor.
Therefore, we have to evaluate if the additional work that we will have will be more beneficial than the protection of our privacy. Without a doubt, we recommend that we should have these two steps activated for verification.
We will now show you the necessary steps that we will need to take to be able to activate the tool that Facebook offers us and thus, each time we log in, we will have to verify two parameters to register.
From the computer
The procedure to activate the two-step verification option is as follows from a PC:
- We open the application
- We’re going to “Login”
- We click on our name
- We choose the option “Plus”
- we choose “Security settings”
- We look for the option “Setting”
- we select “Security and login”
- We look for the alternative “Use two-factor authentication”
- We click on “Edit”
- This moment we choose the method we need for authentication and then follow the configuration instructions.
- Finally, we click on “Activate”
These methods can be sending SMS or a third-party applicationbeing able to also add start the session from a device that already recognizes Facebook, use recovery codes or also Touch security key
To use a third-party app, we recommend .
With this app installed on our computer, we can enjoy emergency access as well as the password generator. This application can not only be used on a computer, but also on our mobile and on a smart watch.
To use this application we have to follow these instructions:
- We install the app on the device we use to access Facebook
- We logged into Facebook
- we select “Setting”
- We choose the option “Security”
- We look for the option “Use two-factor authentication”
- Click on “Start”
- We write our password
- we choose “authentication application”
- We follow the configuration steps
From the phone
For the configuration on our mobile device of the two-step verification we will follow this guide:
- We enter the application
- We look for the option “Setting”
- We click on “Security”
- we seek “Two-Step Verification”
- we select “Sending a code via SMS” either “Facebook Mobile App”
We continue with the configuration instructions according to what we choose.
If we choose the SMS alternative:
- we select “Login Approval”
- Next, we enter the number of our mobile device
- We will get a text message
- We enter the SMS code
- We click on “To finalize”
When we have chosen the option through the Facebook application, we will do these steps:
- We look for the option “Code generator”
- we select “Edit”
- We click on “To accept”
In this way, Facebook will give us a list of 10 codes of 8 digits each, which will ask us to enter one of them through the code generator that is in the last part of the menu. This code is valid for 30 seconds, so once used or exceeded that time it is cancelled.
The other alternative that exists is through a third-party applicationin this case we will use Google Authenticator.
- Installation is very simple, once we have chosen the option on our device “authentication application”
- we select “Following”
- A QR code will appear which we will have to use in the application to confirm the login
What happens if I lose the phone? Will I not be able to log in to my Facebook account?
When we lose our mobile device we can enter our Facebook account through our recovery email and immediately change the password.
In order to carry out this alternative, we will have to follow the following guide:
- We go to the home page
- below option “Password” it’s found “Have you forgotten the account details?”we click on it
- We write the recovery email
- We click on “Search”
- A dialog box will appear indicating “How do you want us to send you the code to change the password?”, and it will give us two options where to send; the first, “Send code by email”; the second, “Send code by SMS”
- We activate the first alternative
- we choose “Don’t you have access anymore?”
- Next, Facebook will ask us how we want to be contacted and we choose an email or a phone number to send us the access code to Facebook.
When we have chosen to recover the login through codes, we can access our account as long as we have saved the 10 codes in a different place on our phone.
We recommend entering through the browser and immediately changing the access password so that we can prevent the person holding our mobile device from accessing our Facebook profile.
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