Do you use two-factor authentication for your affiliate accounts?

[MichaelCorfman]

A couple months ago a few of our affiliate accounts were hacked. Fortunately, we didn’t lose any money, but the incidents were a reminder of how important account security really is. In response, we enabled two-factor authentication (2FA) wherever it was supported.

That experience made me wonder how common 2FA use is among affiliates — and how widely affiliate program software actually supports it. Some programs now offer 2FA options, while many others still don’t. I’m curious how many of you use 2FA on your affiliate accounts and how well it works in practice.

In addition to voting in the poll, please share your experiences and thoughts in a post. For example:

• Have you ever had one of your accounts compromised, or know someone who has?
• How many of your affiliate accounts currently support 2FA?
• How often do you enable 2FA it when it’s available?
• Especially for larger affiliates, how do you handle 2FA when more than one person needs access to the same accounts?
• Are there particular affiliate programs that do a good (or bad) job supporting 2FA?

To give a sense of our own setup, about 60% of the affiliate programs we work with currently support 2FA, and we have around 100 affiliate accounts secured through an authenticator app. In some cases, the QR codes used to set up the authenticator have been shared among staff members so that multiple people can access the same accounts when needed. And, in terms of the poll, I couple months ago I would have had to say "No — I don’t use 2FA now, and it’s not a current priority," although probably feeling a little sheepish about that response. But today I can say "Yes — I use 2FA on all of my affiliate accounts that support it."

Michael

[allfreechips]

Yes most that offer require for payment and any time you can use 2FA you should, look back on this site for when I lost allfreechips to a person that got access to my email account in 2012 ish

[idanbraun]

I only use two-step verification if it is required, otherwise I prefer not to use this method.

[eenzoo]

Not only for affiliate accounts. I do use it for very every fu**** account login which provides a 2FA option.
In Germany we have a proverb (bet it can be localized in probably every language around):
Vorsicht ist die Mutter der Porzellankiste

[Theratman]

I use 2FA on affiliate accounts where required, and pretty much on all my personal stuff. Most of the sites I deal with require an invoice to be sent, and if any banking changes etc are made (even on the backend) then they'll contact me directly for confirmation. Don't get me wrong, 2FA is great, but I loathe loading up the Auth app and scrolling through scores of codes to login to a website, which I do everyday to track stats.

I've never had an account compromised fortunately.

[newcustomeroffer]

Yes, as others have said it's pretty standard now for many types of account in everyday life so I use it wherever possible.

[NoDepositCasinos]

Yes, I use two-factor authentication whenever possible. I thought it was an inconvenience until a couple of years ago, when a friend of mine was hacked and someone stole money from her and some of her acquaintances.

[Pokerface]

Yes, will use 2FA on our accounts and when needed will use API to get data where possible. API is safe and secure that provide just the data we need.

[CasinosBroker]

Yes. I believe it's a must.. to have an extra layer of protection.

[DanHorvat]

Just a nuisance if your team is larger than one.