The tool allows Instagram users to verify a phone number. Then, if anyone tries to log into one’s account with their e-mail and password, the user will be texted an authentication code that must also be entered to gain access to your account.
That means hackers need more than the user’s e-mail and password that could be guessed, stolen, or tricked out of them with a phishing scam.
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