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    • suppliedrelic
      suppliedrelic last edited by

      Is this something that is coming? Should really be standard at this point. I at least want a prompt if someone is trying to log into opera with my account and it is not me....

      I would expect the team to know how important it is to protect the sensitive data of their users, which is being synced using the company servers.

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

        Sensitive data like passwords are stored encrypted. Other data transits encrypted between computer and servers.

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        • suppliedrelic
          suppliedrelic last edited by

          Sensitive data like passwords are stored encrypted. Other data transits encrypted between computer and servers.

          That encryption doesn't mean anything if the account password is compromised. Implementing support for 2FA would help ensure that data is only accessible by the account owner.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

            That encryption doesn't mean anything if the account password is compromised.

            Maybe, but what i'm saying is that if someone go to https://sync.opera.com/web/ and manage to login with your credentials, your passwords can not be viewed.

            Implementing support for 2FA would help ensure that data is only accessible by the account owner.

            Right, but it has costs.

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            • A Former User
              A Former User last edited by

              Maybe, but what i'm saying is that if someone go to https://sync.opera.com/web/ and manage to login with your >credentials, your passwords can not be viewed.

              But can't someone with those same credentials use them in any Opera browser to sync that browser to my account? Then they can read my passwords in "Manage saved passwords" can't they, providing I am syncing passwords?

              This worries me because I recently found under Other Speed Dials, a device name I have never seen before so I wonder if someone was able to sync to my account and its data.

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                But can't someone with those same credentials use them in any Opera browser to sync that browser to my account?

                In theory, yes. But why someone would do it?

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                • sgunhouse
                  sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                  If you are worried about your passwords, then don't sync them. You can choose what data to sync.

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                  • ahelg
                    ahelg last edited by

                    2FA would be great, although I can see that it would be expensive. Opera aren't nearly as big as the others who offer 2FA (such as Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc).

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                    • stefano42
                      stefano42 last edited by

                      Since sending SMSs is costly I think Opera could implement RFC 6238, like in Google Authenticator and other apps.

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                      • sgunhouse
                        sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

                        Some people don't have cell phones, plus I saw a post on Slashdot recently that a government agency was advising against using SMS for authentication.

                        There's little that would be considered private on the web interface anyway - are your bookmarks embarrassing? Passwords are only in the browser.

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                        • stefano42
                          stefano42 last edited by

                          There are "authenticator" apps for PCs too, I use "2 Factor Authenticator" on Windows 10 to access my team viewer account.
                          These apps don't use SMS, so they are not costly to implement.

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                          • A Former User
                            A Former User last edited by

                            Some people don't have cell phones, plus I saw a post on Slashdot recently that a government agency was advising against using SMS for authentication.
                            There's little that would be considered private on the web interface anyway - are your bookmarks embarrassing? Passwords are only in the browser.

                            You cant sync passwords without third party copy so passwords have to be also at Operas servers.

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                            • genevalgene
                              genevalgene last edited by

                              guys, opera sync was hacked!

                              https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/26/opera-says-its-service-for-syncing-web-browser-data-was-hacked/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=sfgplus&sr_share=googleplus&%3Fncid=sfgplus

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