[Feature Request šŸ”§] Two factor authentication

More scary than your email?

Hi @newuserft I donā€™t want to come across as unkind here but I do want to pick you up on something.

You joined the forum 10 days ago and checking your comments you have only complained about Freetrade, itā€™s processes and services.

Do you really think you should be doing business with a company you quite clearly do not like? They arenā€™t going to be changing their policies and procedures because of someone with a anonymous forum account.

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As people portfolios on the platform are maturing/expanding with the introduction of ISAs /SIPPs it would be good to get this as an option

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Hi @NeilB
In one of my initial post I did say and I do appreciate the work FT has done so far.:+1:
And if I am complaining about something then clearly I like FT.

I will check if/when a webapp is available.
I m not going to save milions by moving to FT but I do have big sums in my ISA and SIPP.

Not every one knows how emails work. :slightly_smiling_face:

Would really like to see this option added. With password reuse being very common these days, the option would really make the platform more secure as a whole

Canā€™t we use Microsoft ā€˜authenticatorā€™ app?
Quick finger print or face Iā€™d notification upon login. Takes 2 seconds. More and more companies are using these authenticator apps these days for an extra layer of security. Both Microsoft and Google have them.

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I think this is really important to boost our confidence in the app, can you please look into this?

1 year later and this is still not an option.

Is this even planned?

As my portfolio grows I become more nervous that there is no desktop access and only via app and password/faceID for security.

Crypto wallets and exchanges almost universally have 2FA.

Why does Freetrade still not have this option?

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Itā€™s not on the roadmap but as pointed out previously the worst someone could do is sell stocks and then wait for 3 days for the fund to clear before moving the money into the linked bank account.

I would like to see this feature added in time though.

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A major hack on Freetrade due to them not having Two factor authentication will look extremely bad on the company.

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A ā€˜major hackā€™ of the sort that exposes user data en masse will come from an attack on Freetradeā€™s databases.
Requiring 2FA on the users side isnā€™t going to help with that.
I donā€™t see what incentive a hacker would have, unless they have compromised a user so completely that they can withdraw from the linked bank account.

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Two Factor authentication could have prevented the issue @jananij is facing

@acamp
Robinhood UK, Trading 212 - allow 2 factor auth

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