The code from the personal message from the VKontakte administration is double authorization: what is it, how to include, how to get a code, where to enter it?

If you have a double authorization of VKontakte, and you do not know where to enter the code from the administration’s personal message, then read the article.

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VKontakte is a social network where important personal correspondence is conducted: love, business, partnerships and so on.

Therefore, many attackers want to hack the pages of certain users in order to gain access to their messages.
To prevent this from happening, the creators of the social network came up with a double authorization.
What is it and how to get a code at the entrance to the page, read in this article.

Double authorization of VKontakte - what is it?

The meaning of such a two -factor function is that after authorization on the VK website, it is necessary to enter further the code received in the SMS on the phone owner of the page or from the personal message of the administration of this social network.

Thanks to this technique, the probability of hacking the page decreases ten times. Even if the attackers know information about your account, they do not recognize the code that will come to you in a personal message from the administration or in SMS on the phone.

How to enable the function of double authorization of VK?

In order to connect the option of double authorization, you need to go to your VK page. Then do the following:

On the right near your name, click on the icon of the drop -down menu.
Then click "Settings".

Go into the tab "Safety" to the page "Confirm the entrance".
Here click on the button "To plug".
After that, a table with pictures will open.
You need to click in it "Start connecting".
After that, a form for entering data will appear.

Enter the password from the VK page and click "Confirm".
Now the form with your phone number will open. The code will come to it, enter it into the line below.
Click "Send the code".

Now it remains only to complete the settings, clicking on the corresponding button on the next page.

It will also be recommended that you record reserve codes in case there are no smartphone at hand.

Code from personal message from the VKontakte administration: how to get the code, where to enter it?

It often happens that you are sitting at the computer or you need to go through VK through a PC, not from the phone. In this case, if you have a double authorization function, a personal message will come to you from the site administration with the code. It needs to be entered into the form on the computer page. To enter VK and get the code, do the following:

Go to vK page at this link.
Enter the login or phone number and password from your page.
Click "To come in".

On the phone, you will immediately hear a characteristic signal that claims to receive a message, and on the next page of the VK will open the form in which the code received from the administration needs to be entered. Go to the VK application on the smartphone and open the message. Enter the code from it on the computer page of the social network. Click "Ready".

This is how the message from the administration in the VK appendix looks like

After these actions, your VKontakte page will open before you. Now you know what double authorization of VK is and how important it is for the safety of personal data. Good luck!