How To Increase Your Path of Exile 2 Account Security
News that Path of Exile 2 is experiencing a security breach has flooded social media channels, with players citing both currency and items from their accounts being missing. With all the craziness, players should take some necessary steps to make sure that their accounts are more secure. While Grinding Gear Games has stated that PoE 2 has no two-factor authentication, there are still many ways for you to prevent your account from being affected by data breaches.
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Setting Up 2FA On Steam
As mentioned earlier, GGG has not yet implemented a 2FA system for its own client. However, players who bought PoE 2 on Steam can link their Steam account to their game. If you’re using the Steam client to launch the game, you can download the Steam app on your phone and set up Steam Guard there. This way, your account will be safe and secure as long as you have your phone. Login attempts will be displayed on your phone, along with the location of the login attempt and its IP address.
Password Changing
To prevent hackers from ever using your account for other purposes, simply changing your password to a more unique and complex version is enough to deter theft. You can change your PoE 2 password by logging on to the official Path of Exile website, clicking on your account name, “Manage account,” and the Change Password button. While GGG works on a security system for the game, it’s best to change your password every once in a while, to ensure that hackers will have a harder time accessing your account.
Avoid Price Check Overlays
Currently, there are overlay apps that provide price-checking functions for all items in PoE 2. These overlays may require access to your account in order to check your stash and inventory. There’s a chance that these overlays are playing a role in the recent hack wave of PoE 2, so make sure to avoid these apps until they’re more secure or more trustworthy software is available.
