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Here’s How Amazon is Trying to Keep You From Getting Hacked

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Benjamin Snyder
Benjamin Snyder
Managing Editor
By
Benjamin Snyder
Benjamin Snyder
Managing Editor
November 19, 2015, 1:00 PM ET
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A picture shows the logo of the online retailer Amazon dispalyed on computer screens in London on December 11, 2014. Online retail giant Amazon scored its first ever Golden Globe nominations -- a breakthrough in its bid to catch up with streaming pioneer Netflix. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)Leon Neal — AFP/Getty Images

Amazon (AMZN) is now offering more account security for its users.

Users can go into their account settings to enable two-step authentication, which prompts the need for a code taken from another service, such as through an authenticator app or an SMS message to a mobile device. Two-step authentication is popular for adding an extra layer of safety to help protect user information from hackers.

Amazon made no official announcement about offering the service, according to The Verge. Fortune has reached out to the company for comment.

The way it works is pretty simple: Log in to your Amazon account, get to “account settings,” and then open up “advanced account settings.” Once there, there’s now the option to enable two-step authentication through an authenticator app, such as Google Authenticator, or through a mobile device with a text message.

Per Amazon’s site: “No one can access your account if your password alone is compromised.”

In July, Snapchat began offering two-step authentication to bolster app security.

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Benjamin Snyder is Fortune's managing editor, leading operations for the newsroom.

Prior to rejoining Fortune, he was a managing editor at Business Insider and has worked as an editor for Bloomberg, LinkedIn and CNBC, covering leadership stories, sports business, careers and business news. He started his career as a breaking news reporter at Fortune in 2014.

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