summary – yes, do OTPs!

Let me be straight – this is a self-review. The reason – to give you some confidence.

And to get you thinking why not to use this plugin and 2 factor authentication.

• We made the plugin so that it does not make it any harder for users of your blog that want to use their passwords.

• The login page is the same and you can decide whether you want to use a password or an OTP.
• You can still use your password in our office / home and OTP when you are in town or at the airport or …
• Anyone can scan an QR code to Google Authenticator, or type their own new secret (aka seed) when they want – in their Profile (top right corner with your name)

• Security Part A – Absolute Strength

• Average static password has the strength of a 3.2 characters’ long random string.
• 6 digit OTP is like 3.2 characters’ long random string (for 8 digits it is 4.4 characters), when you add a PIN (4 digits), you get 5.3 characters.
• Actually, 5.3 random characters translates to billion of guesses to find the right one.

• Security Part B – Why Is 6 Digit OTP Better Than Average Password.

• The chance someone guesses it is the same.
• Hackers usually use robots to find passwords – store them in a file to use later. Guess what, stored OTP will not work as it can be used only once.
• Hackers are clever and once they find a password/OTP they will use it. Well, they can post some spam but it is their one-off. They will not be able to do it again.

• Security Part C – Insecure Networks.

• Do you sometime want to login to your blog via a random WiFi? OTPs are much better than passwords. Even when eavesdropped, they will not work the next time.
• It is much safer to use OTPs when you use someone else’s endpoint network.

• No security is perfect and even OTPs can be bypassed but it is definitely a step in the right direction!

Just give it a shot, do the two clicks to install and activate. Install Google Authenticator and scan the QR or buy one of our dongles – to get your digital key that you can use for strong static passwords as well.