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We did it! Namecheap has introduced 2FA

12 July, 2017 · 1,035 views

We did it! Our pressure worked! Namecheap has introduced true 2FA. Via their iOS app domain owners can now approve or deny log in attempts with fingerprint authentication:

It’s a great start since SMS verification isn’t safe anymore.

You can enable their new 2FA in your admin dashboard:

To standardize it across the industry, a great next step would be to also support Google Authenticator and Authy.

For now, 👏 to Namecheap for listening to your users. Although it took awhile 😉

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