La two Step Identification, it is a security measure, which makes it difficult for other people to access our accounts on social networks without our permission. Applications like Facebook or Gmail already had this option for quite some time.
Instagram It seems to have been the last to bring this option, improving the security of its millions of users, seeking to avoid hacks and unwanted problems. It can also help you solve problems like I can't upload reels to Instagram.
Instagram adds two-step verification for Android
How to know if you can use two-factor authentication
The possibility of establishing identification in two steps on Instagram has already begun to reach some accounts. The way to check if you can also apply this additional security measure, so that nobody enters your account without your consent, is to access from a Android mobile to your user profile, click on Options and look for the section Two-step authentication within the section Account.
Steps to be able to use two-step authentication
Contrary to the controversy caused by WhatsApp when announcing its intentions to share information with facebook, in this case you will have to enter the necessary information yourself. For this reason, once we have gone to the Authentication option in two steps, the next point to follow will be to enter your phone number, something that will be essential to be able to use this security method.
As you can imagine, the application will then send a text message to the number you entered, where you will find a security code. You will have to return to the form, as it is not automatically inserted as it happens for example in WhatsApp.
Once you have completed this two-step authentication, Instagram will generate five authentication codes, which you will have to save in a safe mode. These codes will be the ones that will allow you to return to your account on the social network, in the event that can't receive SMS because you have lost your phone, changed your number or simply had a problem that prevents you from accessing your own SMS.
Do you think it is interesting to be able to use the two-step authentication on Instagram Or do you consider it unnecessary? We invite you to use the comments section, at the bottom of the page, to share your opinion with us and with the entire Android community.