Setting up an application for generating codes. VKontakte: quick password recovery is not available. Why? What to do. VKontakte: review of the new function “Login Confirmation”

We have already talked about hacking a VKontakte page (see). Attackers can find out your login and guess your password (see). And then they will be able to visit your page.

To prevent this from happening, VKontakte introduced an additional security measure - double authorization (two-factor). The meaning of this function is that after entering , you also need to indicate the secret code received via SMS or other means. Thus, the likelihood of hacking is reduced significantly. Even if attackers know your credentials, they won't have the code to log into the page.

Now I'll show you how to activate double authorization on VKontakte and set up an application for generating codes.

How to enable two-factor authentication on VKontakte?

Go to your page and go to the “Settings” section.

Open the “Security” tab. Here in the section "Login confirmation", click the “Connect” button.

A form will open - click the button in it "Start setting up".

You will be asked to re-enter the password for the page (see). Do this and click the "Confirm" button.

Receive the code on your phone and enter it in the form. Then click the "Submit Code" button.

Setting up an application for generating codes

The next step is setting up the application to generate codes. You are offered to install an application that will allow you to generate login codes, even without connecting to a cellular network.

Use Google Authenticator for iPhone and Android smartphones. AND Authenticator— for phones in Windows Phone. Install the appropriate application on your gadget.

This is what a window with a QR code and a secret code in VK looks like.

Now launch the installed application and scan the specified code.

Now paste the received code from the application, and click the "Confirm" button.

The code generation application has been successfully configured!

You will be taken to the Security tab. Now you can do the following operations here.

Change phone number (see);
Show a list of backup codes;
Set up an application for generating codes;
Configure application passwords;
Disable two-step authentication on VKontakte.

Video lesson: two-factor authentication on VKontakte

Conclusion

VKontakte is the most popular social network in Russia and the CIS countries. Not only the number of active users, but also the number of fake accounts is growing every day. To solve this problem, VKontakte management decided to link it to a specific phone when creating a page, which not all users liked. How to register in VK without a phone number? Let's figure it out.

What does registration via phone give?

Not everyone understands the importance of linking a phone when creating an account on social networks. The introduction of such a function has two main goals:

Improve security. When you link your cell phone, spam bots will not be able to send “unpleasant” messages to friends from your profile. In addition, this makes it more difficult to hack an account, since login sessions from other PCs are displayed on the mobile device;
Support for the mobile version of VKontakte.

It should also be taken into account that the developers of the social network plan to completely abandon the use of email to link a profile in order to increase the level of security.

Is it possible to register in VK without a phone number?

There is no definite answer to the question, since in any case you will have to enter the number or use third-party resources. Of course, the field can be left empty, but then the user will be missing some of the capabilities without which VKontakte cannot be called a social network, namely:

A ban is imposed on sending personal messages to other users;
It is forbidden to add as friends;
Possibility to join groups.

If a social network is needed only to listen to music or watch videos, then you can register in VK without a phone number.

Register on VKontakte without a phone number

There are three main ways to create a VK page for free without linking a number:

“Fake” (unreal) phone ;
Login via Facebook;
Through a virtual number.

Let's consider each method in order.

Fake number

The essence of the method is that when creating a profile, the user does not use his own number, but someone else’s. For example, borrow a phone from a friend or buy a second SIM card. On the confirmation page, enter the third-party number:

If you have a landline phone, you can go a different route. To do this, just enter the number in 11-digit form and click “Get code”. The robot will call and tell you the profile activation code. This method allows you to register countless pages using one phone.

The risk of this method is that if you lose data from your account, it will be difficult or even impossible to recover the password (in the case of a landline number). It is recommended to use the “Fake Phone” method only if the page is not the main one.

Login via Facebook

Despite the fact that Vkontakte is a Russian-language site, the current owners of mail.ru are trying their best to enter the foreign market by collaborating with other social networks. One of these partners is Facebook.

VKontakte provides only for foreign residents register on the resource via Facebook. But since we are in Russia, we will have to cheat the system a little. For this we will use anonymizers, of which there are a huge number on the Internet.

As an example, consider one of the popular anonymizers “Chameleon”. Go to the site:

Simply enter vk.com into the search bar or select from the list of popular queries.

This is what registration looks like for residents from Russia:

And this is what the site looks like for a user logged in through an anonymizer:

Accordingly, click on “Log in with Facebook”.

Note: Do not forget that this method requires a Facebook account, for registration you only need an email.

The risks of the method are the same as those described above: the inability to recover lost user data.

Creating a VKontakte page via a virtual phone

Now let's talk about a complex but more effective way to create an account on VK without a phone.

To create a virtual number will use international servicepringer. com. You cannot make calls through it, but you can receive SMS messages that are necessary to complete registration.

If you have an account on google+, Facebook or Twitter, then to save time you can access the service through these resources.

It should also be noted that the number is issued to you on an ongoing basis. If you have forgotten your account password, you can request confirmation of the recovery request on your current phone.

You can use not only the Pringer service, but other analogues of virtual cellular (Room5, Kontiki, Bizo, Kendo UI).

Video instructions: how to register in VK without a number

The following video presents the main ways to register on the VKontakte social network without entering a personal phone number. All methods are valid:

Despite the large number of ways to bypass the system, do not be afraid to enter your personal phone number when creating a profile in VK. Firstly, registration is completely free - not a penny will be charged from the user. Secondly, it will increase the level of security. It is more difficult to hack an account, and you will always be aware of unauthorized actions from your page.

I'll show you how to secure your VKontakte account. Go to the VKontakte settings, then go to the security tab and enable two-step authentication on VKontakte. So that no one can hack your VKontakte page.

If you have not yet enabled two-step authentication on VKontakte, you will be prompted to enable Login Confirmation. Provides reliable protection against hacking: to enter the page, you must enter a one-time code received via SMS or other connected method.

Click Connect.

Login confirmation provides an additional level of protection for your VKontakte page. You can protect your page using your mobile phone.
Attention: when login confirmation is enabled, the password recovery service by phone number becomes unavailable. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you attach a current e-mail to the page, indicate your true first and last name, and upload your real photos as the main ones before continuing with the setup.

Verification will not tire you: to gain access to your account from a new browser or device, you only need to enter the verification code once.

Even if an attacker finds out your username, password and the verification code used, he will not be able to access your page from his computer.

Click Proceed to setup.

To confirm the action, you need to re-enter the password for your page. You can also in the future so that you have a unique page address.

Enter your VKontakte password and click confirm.

Action confirmations. To confirm, we will send a free SMS with a code to your mobile phone.

Click get code.

After a couple of seconds, an activation code will be sent to your number to which your Vkotnakte page is registered.

We enter the number that we received in the SMS message and click send code.

The login confirmation check has been successfully activated. Don't forget to print out your backup codes. They will allow you to confirm login when you don't have access to your phone, such as when traveling.

Click complete setup.

At this time, an email will be sent to your email notifying you that the login confirmation function is enabled.

Application passwords.

Unfortunately, some applications do not yet work with verification codes. For example, mobile clients iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone.

For such applications, you need to create special passwords. This password is entered only once for each application; you do not need to remember it.

Click Close at the top right.

Top left in internet browser Click Refresh to refresh the page.

Now Click Show activity history.

Activity history shows information about which devices you accessed the site from and at what time. If you suspect that someone has accessed your profile, you can stop this activity at any time.

This displays all the recent activity of your VKontakte page and all the devices through which you (or not you) logged into your VKontakte account.

Click on the bottom left of End all sessions. to log out from all devices except the Internet browser in which we are now.

All sessions except the current one have ended.

Click Close.

If you use the Vkotakte mobile application on an iPhone, iPad or Windows Phone, then you will need to log into it again. And if you want, you can do it at all or .

Enter your email or phone number to which the VKontakte page is registered and the password for the page And click Go.

At this time, a notification will appear on your Internet browser page stating that an attempt has been made to log into your account from such and such IP.

You are logged in from the mobile application.

The VKontakte mobile application will redirect you to your mobile Internet browser and open the security check page.

To confirm that you really are the owner of the page, please enter the confirmation code from the SMS sent to +7 and here is your number.

Enter the confirmation code sent to us via SMS and click send code.

To log into the application, use a special password to log in.

There is no need to remember this password. Copy it and enter it instead of your main password when logging into the application. You only need to enter it once.

Copy this one-time password to enter VKontakte.

Click Return to application.

Enter the one-time password into the VKontakte mobile application and click Go.

By logging out of VKontakte and entering your username and password for the page, you will be asked to confirm that you really are the owner of the page. An SMS message will be sent to your number with a code that you will need to enter.

Other lessons on the site on the topic VKontakte:

So, the next update is the “Login Confirmation” function, and today we will do a full review of it. We'll tell you how it works, how to enable it, configure it or disable it.

Each user wants to save his personal data, which is used when logging in, and does not want his personal documents (photos, correspondence, etc.) to become public. This is why the developers of the social network are doing everything to prevent this from happening.

What is login confirmation

Login confirmation provides an additional layer of protection against hacking. When using this function to access the page from unregistered browsers and devices, in addition to the password, you will need to enter a security code.

The code can be obtained using the phone number linked to your page.

Attention! When login confirmation is enabled, the password recovery service by phone number becomes unavailable. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you attach a current e-mail to the page, indicate your true first and last name, and upload your real photos as the main ones before continuing with the setup.

How to connect login confirmation to VK

To enable this option, you will need to go to the “Settings” menu item and there, on the “General” tab, find the “Your Page Security” section.

By clicking on the “Connect” button, a system window will open in front of you, where you will need to click “Go to settings”. Next, the system will ask you to confirm your action by entering a password:

By entering your password and clicking on the “Confirm” button, you will launch this option. But, do not forget that after connecting it, one mobile number will not be enough. You will need to submit your application for consideration by moderators.

If you have any questions, ask them on our site and our moderators will answer you as soon as possible!

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« VKontakte always cares about your safety” - from the very first days of its existence, this motto has been an integral part of this social network. networks. And today another very big and significant step has been taken to secure your account!

Connecting an additional verification method

The new login confirmation feature allows you to do even more protect your account from "unwanted" visitors. The feature was added relatively recently and is available to all users. Let's look at the connection steps:

You can activate our function by going to “ My Settings", open the tab " General", settings subgroup " Security of your page" Opposite the item " Login confirmation"click" connect».

Now we have protected our page and activated the feature. From now on, entering the correct login & password pair will not be enough to access your page. You will need to enter a special code sent to you via SMS. Please note that you need to tick the appropriate boxes.

The code sent via SMS message is valid only once, which provides maximum protection against selection. That is, even if the code is intercepted or “sniffed on the phone,” it will no longer be possible to log in. Please note that the “Application for generating codes” function does not inspire confidence in me personally and is not at all convenient. I advise you to turn it off. Let's move on, dear readers.

Constant use of proven devices

VKontakte took care of people’s nerves and decided to save us from endless checking on trusted devices. When you log in, you will have the opportunity remember this device and save yourself from tons of SMS messages.

Why is quick password recovery not available to me?

How to log into the VKontakte website if you have forgotten your password and login protection is enabled (login confirmation)? You are trying to restore access, but you receive an error message:

Quick password recovery is not available. Your page has mobile phone login confirmation enabled.

Or this:

Unfortunately, you cannot recover your password using the specified phone number.

This means that once before you yourself enabled login confirmation by mobile phone, when to enter the page you need to enter not only a password, but also a code sent to your phone.

Of course, this increases security and protects against hacking, but now you've forgotten your password. What to do? There is no way to receive a recovery code on your phone now, because login confirmation- this is when you know the password and have access to the phone. Both together. This is the only way to ensure security, which you yourself voluntarily turned on. It is no longer possible to restore a page with only a phone number if you do not know the password.

How can I now recover my password and access to the page?

1. Recover by email

If you have additional login confirmation enabled, then instead of quick password recovery via SMS, password recovery via e-mail (e-mail) is used. Is your page linked to email? If yes, then you can request a link to reset your password. (instructions will open in a new window). It may turn out that the page is linked to the mail, but you cannot enter the mail (you don’t have access or you simply don’t remember it) - in this case, it is better to try to first restore access to the mail, otherwise you will have only one way, it is more complex and requires much more more time. Read on:

2. Restore via support

When login confirmation is enabled, but you forgot your password and the page is NOT linked to an email (or you don’t have access to your email, or you don’t remember the address), the only way to restore the page is technical support request. This link will open an access restoration form that must be filled out. It's better to do this from a computer rather than from a phone. Look here:

You will have to prove that the page is yours. If your real photos are not there or your real name and surname are not indicated, then it is almost impossible (or very difficult) to restore the page. After all, you were warned about everything when you turned on the login protection. You can see why the application might be rejected. Of course, there is an opportunity to contact VK support and try to prove in some way that the page is yours. If they see that you are a normal person and that the page is really yours, they may meet you halfway. If even then nothing works, register a new page in VK. This is a lesson for the future.

There are no other ways to restore access. There is no use looking for them. That is, there is no other way to restore it at all. You just read all the possible ways. Read them again if you don't understand.

Is it possible to disable login confirmation?

Of course you can. But to do this you must first go to the page. And if you can’t do this yet, then you can’t disable login confirmation either. Restore access as written above.

VKontakte is the largest social network in the CIS countries - the service is visited by more than 955 million users every month. VKontakte accounts are used for authorization on a huge number of services and sites. In addition, relatively recently, network users were able to send money directly via messages.

The high popularity of VKontakte makes it an attractive platform for attackers. In these circumstances, it is very important to ensure maximum security for your account. You can get additional account protection by setting up two-factor authentication (2FA).

How to enable two-factor authentication for a VKontakte account

In section Login confirmation by clicking on the link Reserve codes you will be able to generate and save emergency codes that can be used when you do not have access to your mobile device.

As a second stage of authentication, instead of an SMS message, you can use one-time codes generated in an authenticator application that works using the TOTP algorithm. To activate authentication, first install an authentication application on your mobile device, for example, Google Authenticator and follow these simple steps:

In section Login confirmation next to the option Applications for generating codes click the "Enable" link.
For security reasons, you will be asked for your current account password. Enter the correct password and “Confirm”.
A QR code will appear on the next screen, which you need to scan using the mobile application. If your image is not recognized by the scanner, then manually enter the 16-digit secret key into the application.
Enter the 6-digit one-time code generated in the application. After this, authentication through the application will be configured.

After successfully completing two-factor verification in your browser, you can remember this browser so that you no longer enter the second factor when logging into your account on this device.

If necessary, you can reset codes on all trusted devices or only on the current device. In this case, during the next authorization attempt, you will be asked for a confirmation code again.

If someone tries to log into your account, you will receive a pop-up warning about this.

How to disable two-factor authentication in your VKontakte account

At any time, you can disable two-factor authentication for your VKontakte account. However, remember that in this case, to access your account, an attacker will only need to know your password. To disable two-factor authentication, follow these steps:

Go to the menu

Greetings!
In this detailed step-by-step instructions, with photographs, we will show you how to further protect your page from unauthorized access on the VKontakte social network.

By enabling login confirmation via SMS, in addition to the login and password that you use to access your VKontakte page, you will also need to enter a one-time code that will be sent to the phone linked to your profile.

In other words, even if someone else finds out your username and password, he will still not be able to log into your VKontakte page because Additionally, you will need a code that will be sent to your phone in the form of an SMS message.

This protection technology, which is referred to as " two-factor authentication» not only protects against hacking, but also against page theft. Cases have become more frequent when fraudsters using fake documents received duplicate SIM cards, which were subsequently used to hack and steal pages.

Restoring access in this case takes some time, which is quite enough to commit illegal actions: sending spam and viruses, and if the user is also the head of a large community, then this kind of action can cause serious damage to the reputation and even blocking a group or public .

Taking into account all these circumstances, with “two-factor authentication” activated, the ability to recover the password to the VKontakte page via SMS becomes impossible, and if such a need arises, password recovery via the E-Mail linked to the page is used. By the way, you can read about how to link an E-Mail to your page here.

It should be noted that even with two-factor authentication enabled, it is possible to create a list of trusted devices, from which additional SMS confirmation will not be required when logging in.

To do this, during the authorization process, you must tick the box Remember browser.

Enable login confirmation via SMS on VKontakte

While on the VKontakte website, click on the menu in the upper right corner. In the list that appears, select Settings.

On the page that appears, click on the item Safety. In this block, among other things, login confirmation via SMS is enabled and configured. The service is provided completely free of charge.

To enable this feature, click the button Connect.

This will display a window telling you the benefits of verifying your login using your mobile phone. Check them out and click the button Start setting up.

During the setup process, you will be asked for your current password, and then a confirmation SMS will be sent to the phone linked to your profile.

When finished on the page Safety Settings will be displayed, using which you can generate one-time backup codes in case something happens to your mobile phone.

Connecting an additional verification method

I would like to note that at any time you will have the opportunity to " throw off"authorization on all devices and if something happens, when you go to your page, you will need to enter the (new) code again. This will help us protect ourselves to a new level!

I'll find you by IP!
Now you will receive an instant notification that someone tried to access your page by entering a login & password pair. The corresponding notification will be displayed in the traditional “VKontakte notification” style

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