Two-factor authentication means a stolen password isn’t enough to get into your account. CodeCobra uses time-based codes from an authenticator app — Google Authenticator, 1Password, Authy, or any other.
Turning it on
Open Settings → Security
Find the Two-factor authentication section.
Scan the QR code
Your authenticator app adds CodeCobra and starts generating six-digit codes. If you can’t scan, there’s a text key to type in instead.
Confirm with a code
Enter the current code to prove the app is set up correctly. Two-factor is now active.
Save your backup codes
You get a set of one-time backup codes. Save them somewhere you can reach without your phone — a password manager, or printed and filed.
Backup codes
Each backup code works once, and gets you in when your authenticator isn’t available — phone lost, replaced, or simply not with you.
If you use several, or you think the list has been seen by someone else, regenerate them from Settings → Security. Regenerating invalidates every previous code.
Backup codes are the only way back into your account if you lose your authenticator. Store them before you need them — we cannot recover an account without them.
Trusted devices
After signing in with a code, you can mark that browser as trusted so it stops asking every time. Convenient on your own laptop; don’t do it on a shared machine.
Settings → Security lists every trusted device. You can revoke one, or revoke all of them at once — worth doing if a laptop goes missing.
Turning it off
You can disable two-factor from Settings → Security, confirming with a current code.
If your organization requires two-factor, you can’t turn it off while you’re a member. See requiring 2FA for your organization.