How To Secure Your Discord Account
What is Discord?
Discord is a free voice, video, and text chat application for teenagers and adults from the age of 13 upwards. Discord is all fun and games until your account is stolen fro you. Ensure that no one can access your account, even if they steal your discord password, by implementing two-factor authentication in your account. Do not forget to update your password and privacy settings regularly.
How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication in Discord
The two-factor authentication (2FA) of Discord makes use of the Google Authenticator or Authy to send a temporary authentication code to your smartphone each time you log in. Discord would not give you access to your account until you enter this code, thereby fully confirming your identity.
To set up 2FA in Discord, open up the Settings menu in the app by clicking on the cog icon that is in the bottom left next to your name and avatar.
In the Settings menu, that is under My Account, click on “Enable Two-Factor Auth”.
Next, you will be required to set up either Google Authenticator or Authy on your smartphone or on your tablet. In either application, make use of the “Scan a Barcode” feature to scan the QR code that is in Discord. You can also make use of the “Enter a Provided Key” feature in either app to input the 2FA key in your Discord account.
Once you have scanned the QR code or have entered the 2FA key into the Google Authenticator or Authy, that app would present you with a six-digit verification code. Enter that code into your Discord account now to activate your 2FA.
Once the two-factor authentication has been activated, you can add a phone number to your account to allow you to use SMS Authentication, or you can also download a static backup code to use whenever you need to verify your identity at any time. You can always perform these actions later.
How to Secure Your Discord Password
A secure password is always essential to maintaining a healthy security. You should not make use of the same password that you use elsewhere on Discord or on any other service. We fully recommend you use a password manager to generate and store these unique passwords.
To change your password in Discord, you should start by accessing the Settings menu. As we did previously, you should click on the cog icon that is just next to your name and avatar in the bottom left. When you get to the My Account page, click on the “Edit” button.
Select “Change Password?”.
Enter your present password and also a new password. Click on “Save”.
How to Update Discord’s Privacy Settings
Discord also has a broad range of very useful but incredible simple privacy tools. To access these privacy settings, open up the Settings menu as before. Under the User Settings, you should click on the “Privacy & Safety”.
This tab also provides controls for those who can contact you, what content others can send to you, and how Discord keeps tracks and uses the data that you generate. You can even request all of your data from Discord by just scrolling down in this menu and selecting the “Request Data” option.
Through the 2FA, proper password management, and precise privacy and security settings, you can make sure that your Discord experience is reliable, secure, and much safer.
