How to enable 2FA and get free Epic Games emote download | Fortnite Boogie Down

THE FORTNITE Boogie Down emote is being offered as a free download by Epic Games to those players willing to enable 2FA.

Epic Games are big on security and have on numerous occasions gone out of their way to warn their loyal player base about the dangers of just about everything from fake V-Bucks scams to fake android apps.

But now they’re going one step further. Epic Games have today announced they’re giving away a free cosmetic emote to help encourage users to enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).

Obviously, the benefit of adding Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is a bit of a no-brainer in the first place. It’s adding extra security to help protect your account.
If you want a more detail explanation of what Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is, you’ll find it further down the page.

The Boogie Down emote is new to the game, by the way. It was created as part of a contest launched by Epic last spring, with the winner announced in April and now added to the game in this most unusual of ways.

AUTHENTICATOR APP: Use an Authenticator App as your Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) when you sign in you’ll be required to use the security code provided by your Authenticator App. To enable this service email address verification is required.

EMAIL AUTHENTICATION: You will need to verify your email address to enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA).To enable this service email address verification is required.

After completing one of these steps, the Fortnite Boogie Down emote should be available to unlock and equip in your Battle Royale loadout screen.

HOW FORTNITE 2FA SHOULD WORK

When you go to sign in, you’ll be asked to enter the security code from your preferred 2FA method (email or app). After doing so, you’ll be signed into your account. You’ll be prompted for a 2FA security code in the following situations:
a) The first time you sign in after enabling the feature.
b) If you sign in using a new device.
c) If it’s been over 30 days since you last signed in.
d) If you recently cleared your browser cookie

People are all kinds of terrible about their internet security: They use obvious passwords. They don’t turn on two-factor authentication. Perhaps most recklessly, they don’t even click on all the images in the security grid that contain cars in them. What if all it took to get us better at this stuff was an unlockable reward? What if the key to better personal security was a video game unlock? Two-factor that Nintendo account and up that missile capacity in Metroid Prime 4 by five? Make a stronger Xbox Live password and get a tank in Forza Horizon 4? These are just suggestions. Epic might be onto something here.