Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by Xyzodiac » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 9:20 PM UTC

Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication
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Re: Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by teach » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 9:45 PM UTC

I don't see any mention of 2-factor auth on the linked page. Maybe they're rolling it out in stages?

Re: Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by irunbackwards » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 9:47 PM UTC

teach wrote: post #2

I don't see any mention of 2-factor auth on the linked page. Maybe they're rolling it out in stages?

Seems like it to me as well, I don't see any options to do 2-factor auth on my settings page either. Maybe it's a pro feature right now?

Re: Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by SwaroopH » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 9:48 PM UTC

Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/try_twofactor

Although tray login still logs you in without the need to enter password or the code.

Re: Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by irunbackwards » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 9:49 PM UTC

SwaroopH wrote: post #4

Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/try_twofactor Although tray login still logs you in without the need to enter password or the code.

That worked, thanks! Also, I just discovered a checkbox under 'Account Settings' that seems like it's an opt-in for early releases. OP probably already had this checked?

Re: Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by joshzayin » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 9:55 PM UTC

More details: https://www.dropbox.com/help/363/en

It looks like they support any app that uses the TOTP protocol, so google authenticator, among others, works with this seamlessly.

Re: Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by ch0wn » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 10:14 PM UTC

I'm glad they didn't invent their own mechanism but used standard OTP tokens, so you can just add them to apps like Google Authenticator.

Re: Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by icebraining » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 10:20 PM UTC

joshzayin wrote: post #6

More details: https://www.dropbox.com/help/363/en It looks like they support any app that uses the TOTP protocol, so google authenticator, among others, works with this seamlessly.

That's nice. A little context: TOTP is part of OATH - Initiative for Open Authentication - and is an open standard published as RFC 6238.

For those who don't have iOS/Android/BB and/or don't want to use Google Authenticator, Wikipedia lists a few compatible applications: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Authenticator

These work for Gmail too.

Re: Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by batgaijin » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 10:28 PM UTC

Great, now only if they actually encrypted my files.

Re: Dropbox Introduces 2-Factor Authentication

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Post by lowe » Sun, Aug 26, 2012, 10:33 PM UTC

SwaroopH wrote: post #4

Try this: https://www.dropbox.com/try_twofactor Although tray login still logs you in without the need to enter password or the code.

here's the full context from dropbox forums: https://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=66910