I know about 2 step verification, it's just that right now I've had to disable it because I no longer have access to the phone number.
But how worried should I be without 2 step? My best friend has his account hacked so it's not one of those things where I feel I can say, "Nah, that'll never happen to me." Just wondering if I should temporarily use another number for now or if it's fine not to worry too much.
Posted Apr 13, 2019, 8:59 AM UTC
There's always a risk, but you can take steps to minimize said risk.
The password you use for your PSN account, do you use it for anything else? If so change it to something unique and only use that password with your PSN account.
I'm sure this one is obvious, but don't use personal details as your password. no pet names, birthdays, colors, etc. Try to make it a string of seemingly random numbers/letters.
I think the biggest worry would be some other website you have signed up for with the same email and password being hacked, and then gaining access to your Sony account that way. Don’t use the same password and email combinations on different websites.
If you can definitely get your 2 step verification re-enabled ASAP. Either that or pick a really beefy passwords, i'm talking like completely random with letters, numbers, and symbols.
Majority of people get their accounts stolen because they reuse passwords. Use a password unique to psn account and you should be fine.
sounds like incel problems
Just make sure your password is unique and not something that somebody can guess. Something like <F|kh;GQr@07D1+>PJ<$)bje|p044h isn't going to get guessed by any password cracking software.
Thanks, got my new pssword
Good luck typing that with a controller :P