One of the key aspects of every user of Playstation 4 is improve the security of your account and console; Therefore, we are going to tell you how activate two-step verification PS4 and configure privacy on our own, step by step and in the most detailed way possible. And if we configure and improve the security of our console, our account will be more difficult to steal by third parties; In addition, we will pay special attention to password and security question system. On the other hand, if we configure the privacy of our account, we can decide which users can have access to our personal information through the different security systems. Playstation 4. Below, we offer you a complete tutorial to improve the security of our PS4 and configure our privacy.
How to improve PlayStation 4 security
The first thing we must do is go to the menu Account management through the main screen of your PS4; Thus, from the game selector we must Press up on the DualShock 4 controller to access the horizontal bar Options. Once there, we must move to Settings, the suitcase-shaped icon located in penultimate place. Once inside Settings we must move to Account management, where several security and privacy options regarding PS4.
Thus, if we access Account info we can configure our Login ID, our profile and wallet of our account for purchases in PS Store, as well as the security of our account in PlayStation Network. Within Account info we will have to scroll to the option Security, placed second on the list.
Once we have accessed the menu Security We will see the following options:
- Password
- Security question and answer
- Mobile phones
- Two-step verification
Through Password we can change our password to access our account PlayStation Network; We recommend changing said word from alphanumeric format often to prevent anyone from getting hold of it illegitimately. through option Security question and answer We can choose a key question and an answer that only we know in order to make the change.
through option Mobile phones We can configure the information about our mobile phone device, through which PlayStation Network will ask us for information about the option Two-step verification, since we will receive an SMS to the personal number.
And the option Two-step verification will allow us to activate the system to enter a second password generated randomly by sony to enter our account; Thus, if someone gets our original password, they will not be able to access without the second password that will be sent to us via SMS to our mobile device. Furthermore, through the options of Two-step verification we can find Security codes, very useful if we cannot receive the SMS, since from the console itself we can generate a series of codes to use in double verification.
How to configure PlayStation 4 privacy
PS4 offers numerous interesting options to configure and improve the privacy of your PlayStation Network account, accessible from the menu Settings from the main screen of PlayStation 4. Thus, we only have to scroll to the option Privacy settings, located in third place and access Games; These options will allow us to choose which users can see access to your personal information, whether only your friends, your friends' friends or no one, as if it were a social network. We can configure each entry to decide which users can access said information between:
- Activities
- Trophies
- hidden games
- Games
- Requests to view
- Music
When we enter each of these options we can choose the level of privacy through Choose who can see them between:
- Everyone
- Friends of friends
- Just friends
- Nobody
The second entry is Friends, an option that will allow us to decide who can see your list of friends or contacts on PlayStation Network, in addition to choosing who can follow our profile, as well as who can see who we follow or who can invite us to play an online multiplayer video game as a team. On this screen, again, we can choose various privacy options through:
- Friends
- Friend requests
- Players who can follow you
- Your list of followers
- List of players you follow
- Team invitations
- Players you may know
The third and last option Privacy settings Its the Personal information, through which we can decide who can access our personal information. Among these options, again we can choose various levels of privacy between:
- Real name in Searches
- Real name in friends list
- Real name in Games
- Mobile availability
- Messages
- Tags
Through each of these entries we can choose between several options through the drop-down menu Select who can send you messages with:
- Everyone
- Just friends
- Nobody
Obviously, if we want no one to be able to access our personal information through the PlayStation Network, we must choose Nobody in all options.