An average web surfer holds dozens of accounts on various online web services that includes email and social media websites. Although the authentication system for these popular services is secure enough, but you're not guaranteed of immunity from hackers looking to crack weak passwords. There's no silver bullet for 100% secure login procedure, but still we can make it harder for hackers to infiltrate you service logins. Let's see an excellent application that uses dual-login method to protect your accounts login session on various web applications.
AlterEgo is a powerful yet simple-to-implement dual authentication service that hardens the security of your logins on web applications. This methodology is based on a simple principle of supplementing the native login procedure with one more pass code generated on a random basis at the time of login. Unless user doesn't enter this temporary pass code, access to the service is not permitted even if the primary service password is correct.
Any web service supporting AlterEgo dual-authentication like MailChimp (as shown in the image above) can offer users a powerful dual-authentication option. This service is completely free with no limitations or restrictions. Once you've connected your web service with AlterEgo's dual-authentication, users are prompted for entering the temporary pass code as soon as they've entered the primary password associated with that web service. This temporary password can be generated instantly in two ways. You can either generate it within your AlterEgo account dashboard or you can use your smartphone.
Fortunately, AlterEgo provides two free pass code generating mobile applications for iPhone and Android users. This enables all mobile users to generate pass codes while on the go. Integrating this authentication system with new web applications is very easy. AlterEgo provides an open API based on JSON system that can be easily connected with almost any web application without much coding.
Once you start using this service, a hacker's work becomes more difficult. He not only has to crack your primary service password, but also have to steal your mobile to fetch the random pass code. This makes the probability of your account being hacked very low.
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