I have tech knowledge, but I had absolutely no knowledge that Dropbox offered 2-factor.
I don't keep confidential stuff in DB because, I know that the company effectively has access to everything. Nonetheless, 2 factor sounds interesting. So I look at this:
Explain? You read a page about two-step and say that explains why no one has enabled it? You claim to have tech knowledge, but are not able to turn on this simple security setting (or even know it exists, despite that it's listed very clearly in your Dropbox settings page)?
I use two-factor/two-step verification on every single service I have, including all social media accounts, email accounts, etc. Most major services/sites these days provide it. The way Dropbox does it is no different than any others; it takes 2 minutes to set it up. What did you find difficult about it?
> You claim to have tech knowledge, but are not able to turn on this simple security setting
GP didn't say _they_ can't enable it after reading the help page. I think they are implying that the very detailed help page looks long and complicated to a non-techie (who might not even understand the benefit of going through such a hurdle in the first place).
> Before enabling two-step verification, you'll receive ten 8-digit backup codes. It is very important that you write these codes down and store them somewhere safe.
Do any of your other systems handle recovery like that?
I don't keep confidential stuff in DB because, I know that the company effectively has access to everything. Nonetheless, 2 factor sounds interesting. So I look at this:
https://www.dropbox.com/help/security/enable-two-step-verifi...
Right. Now I understand why so few people have it enabled.