Alphabay now enforces mandatory 2FA for all vendors on the marketplace

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To put a drastic stop to vendors getting phished on Alphabay,
we now enforce mandatory two-factor authentication (2FA) for
all vendors on the marketplace. In addition, the encrypted
message (on login) will include an authentication code, and a
warning message with the list of official links. Since the list of
links is bundled together with the auth code in the PGP message,
it is unforgeable by any phishing proxy page.

Vendors who got a free waiver but didn't put a PGP key in their
profile will be prompted to enter one on their next login, and
2FA will be enforced. In addition, when a new user registers
and sets a PGP key in the registration form, 2FA will automatically
be enabled, with the same unforgeable list of official links in the
PGP message.

We will see how this goes in the near future, but we expect the
phishing to stop fairly quickly. 
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Comments


[1 Points] Vendor_BBMC:

we expect the "phishing" to stop fairly quickly. BigMuscles won't be bothering vendors no more


[0 Points] octomarvel:

Pointless post, but pretty good PR to get people forgetting about how your mods ask customers for their private PGP keys.

=/


[0 Points] throwawayforthisonex:

/u/Theeconomist1, what's with the 'market update posts can only be made if they are really important for the community to know'? I'm seeing posts of alphabay every day about silly little updates

As /u/octomarvel said, good way to cover up their corrupt admins


[0 Points] None:

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