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title: "The Verge: All Instagram Users Can Now Protect Their Accounts With Two-Factor Authentication"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f1b9cd25-5f0f-43a8-a4f7-410b8178eaad
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-verge-all-instagram-users-can-now-protect-their-accounts-with-two-factor-authentication-11297
category: "Technology"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2017-03-23T16:11:34.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T03:06:10.974Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/13eb1c6bb6784b40efd0357cf080b51d6467.jpg
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# The Verge: All Instagram Users Can Now Protect Their Accounts With Two-Factor Authentication

**TL;DR:** Instagram has introduced two-factor authentication for all users worldwide, enhancing its security features. The feature, announced in February 2016, sends a code to a user's phone when logging in from a new device.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2017-03-23. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-verge-all-instagram-users-can-now-protect-their-accounts-with-two-factor-authentication-11297).*

## Story

Instagram confirmed Thursday that two-factor authentication is now available to all users worldwide.

The social media network announced the plan for two-factor authentication back in February 2016. Once the feature is enabled, any time you log in from a new device a code is sent to your phone before you can complete the log in.

The security update also lets you save backup codes in case you lose access to your phone.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- Instagram (company)
- technology (topic)
- two-factor authentication (topic)
- security update (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-verge-all-instagram-users-can-now-protect-their-accounts-with-two-factor-authentication-11297). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f1b9cd25-5f0f-43a8-a4f7-410b8178eaad).