You may recall that back in July cloud storage provider Dropbox found themselves in some hot water after users began receiving unsolicited mail and spam in email that accounts that were specifically created for Dropbox use. It later emerged that password and username information from other sites was used to access a Dropbox employee’s account. Therein lay a list of user email accounts that were eventually spammed.
Given the sensitive nature of some of the information people keep in their Dropbox accounts, it was important that the company introduce added security measures or risk losing clients in an increasingly competitive field.
Dropbox’s response is two-step authentication, which is now available for all users as an optional security feature. In order to access it, ensure you have downloaded the latest version of Dropbox. Once you have signed in, visit the security page and enable two-factor authentication. Once set up, access codes are sent either via SMS to your phone or by using a mobile app that generates a Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP). That includes apps like Google Authenticator (Android, iPhone and BlackBerry) and Authenticator (Windows).
If you are a Dropbox user, we’re glad to report you now have the option to protect your documents and files.
SOURCE: TheNextWeb
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