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KickassTorrents becomes the first torrent website to introduce two-factor authentication for its users. This new feature is called "multi factor authentication" that allows the user to install that extra layer of protection. Currently, no other torrent website has similar feature including The Pirate Bay.




This kind of two-factor authentication feature is also provided by Twitter, Facebook and Google for their users, TorrentFreak noted.



Mr. Grooner of the KickassTorrents explained that by using this feature, a user would need more than a username and password to unlock.



"Two Factor Authentication, also known as 2FA, two step verification or TFA (as an acronym), is an extra layer of security that is known as "multi factor authentication" that requires not only a password and username but also something that only, and only, that user has on them, i.e. a piece of information only they should know or have immediately to hand - such as a physical token," Mr. Grooner wrote in KAT forum.



"Using a username and password together with a piece of information that only the user knows makes it harder for potential intruders to gain access and steal that person's personal data or identity."



The two-factor authentication can be activated by going to the settings, clicking the profile tab. The user will have to scroll down to find the two-factor authentication tab and click enable.



A popup will appear with a QR code and the user will have to use a third-party app to scan the code. However, Mr. Grooner warned that users should not use an app that asks for their personal information such as bank details.



KickassTorrents also mentioned that they do not recommend users to use an app that would ask them for the phone numbers.



When this feature is enabled, the user will be prompted to input the code provided every time they try to login. However, if the user forgets the code then he or she cannot open the account.



Meanwhile, The Pirate Bay has no such features as two-factor authentication. It has to be seen if TPB would include something like this.



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