Account security - TeamViewer Support
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p><br></p><h2 data-id="general">General</h2><div class="blockquote"><div class="blockquote-content"><p class="blockquote-line"><em>This article applies to all TeamViewer users. </em></p></div></div><p>As evidenced by the various certificates we hold e.g. for use in banks, TeamViewer adheres to the highest security standards. These standards are well documented and openly communicated in our <a href="https://www.teamviewer.com/en/trust-center/security/" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Trust Center</a>.</p><p>An integral part of the TeamViewer experience is your TeamViewer account, for which we employ the best commonly used security technology available.</p><p><br></p><h3></h3><h2 data-id="what-is-a-teamviewer-account">What is a TeamViewer Account?</h2><p>Learn more here: </p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"This article applies to all TeamViewer free users and customers with a Business, Premium, Corporate or Tensor plan. General Using a TeamViewer account, you can save the TeamViewer data (eg. TeamViewer ID with or without password, TeamViewer accounts, or connection settings) of the people or computers you connect to…","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032394\/uploads\/QOC82OVO5T1G\/share-image-community-links-287-29.png","url":"https:\/\/community.teamviewer.com\/English\/kb\/articles\/4442-teamviewer-account","embedType":"link","name":"TeamViewer Account - TeamViewer Support"}"> <a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/4442-teamviewer-account" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/4442-teamviewer-account </a> </div><p><br></p><h3 data-id="-1"></h3><h2 data-id="secured-by">Secured by</h2><p>When you sign in to your account, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Remote_Password_protocol" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Secure Remote Password protocol</a> (SRP) is used for the communication between your device and our servers. This technology allows for a setup in which your password is neither stored on our servers nor sent over the internet, and where man-in-the-middle attacks are highly ineffective. Furthermore, SRP allows for strong security even if the password itself is rather weak.</p><h3 data-id="however-only-a-unique-password-is-a-good-password-so-we-strongly-recommend-to-use-a-password-which-you-do-not-use-anywhere-else.">However, only a unique password is a good password, so <strong>we strongly recommend to use a password which you do not use anywhere else</strong>.</h3><p>In addition to the technical security provided by us, we also offer features that allow our users to enhance the security of their TeamViewer account, e.g. <a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/t5/Knowledge-Base/What-is-two-factor-authentication-for-your-TeamViewer-account/ta-p/4711" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Two-Factor Authentication</a> or <a href="https://community.teamviewer.com/English/kb/articles/13954-what-is-trusted-devices-for-your-teamviewer-account" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Trusted Devices</a></p> </article> </main>
