Security News > 2020 > February > Amazon's Ring Mandates Two-Factor Authentication

Amazon's Ring is mandating the use of two-factor authentication for all users, a move designed to help stop creepy takeovers of the web-connected home security cameras.

Ring users have had the option to use two-factor authentication, but now it will be mandatory, writes Ring President Leila Rouhi in a blog post.

When a user logs into their Ring account, Ring will send a six-digit code either by email or SMS, she writes.

Motherboard subsequently dug deeper into Ring's security, asserting that Ring lacked basic security features, such as monitoring the location of where someone logs in or letting users know when more than one person is logged into an account.

Rouhi writes that Ring uses third-party service providers for features such as product support, delivering Ring offers and discounts and other alerts, such as for a low battery.

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