Mailchimp announces some new security features
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Three new security features have now been enabled in MailChimp accounts. These security features prevent unauthorised access or rather notifies you in the even of unauthorised access.
- SMS and email security alerts: They will send an SMS message to your phone when we detect a login, attempted list download, or other change that might affect your account’s security. You’ll be notified almost instantaneously, so you can take appropriate action fast. Email alerts are also available.
- Detect location changes: If someone logs in to your account from a different location (IP address) than usual, you can force them to answer your account security question.
- Two-factor authentication: Whenever you log in to MailChimp, we can require a passcode that you generate from a smartphone (works kinda like those cool passcode key fobs that banks use).
These features are all free of charge, though for the SMS alerts, your phone carrier may have their own fees.
