Starting at present now you can add two issue authentication to your itch.io account. Two issue authentication offers your account an extra layer of safety on prime of your password by asking you to offer a code obtainable out of your cellphone to log in.

We’ve determined to implement the Time-based One-Time Password algorithm, a typical algorithm utilized by authenticator apps like Google Authenticator.

In order to make use of TFA, head to the brand new Security tab in your account settings web page. From there you may activate TFA by scanning (or typing) the code into your authenticator utility.

You’ll even be given 5 scratch codes, one time use keys to bypass the authentication code wanted to log in, must you ever unfastened entry to your authenticator.

You can learn extra about this function on the itch.io information web page.

If you’re a vendor on itch.io, we extremely advocate enabling two issue authentication to assist stop the potential for somebody compromising your payout settings in the event that they handle to get your password.

Enjoy!