# Differentiate Admin and Moderator Shield Icons

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/differentiate-admin-and-moderator-shield-icons/106114
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [January 9, 2019, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/differentiate-admin-and-moderator-shield-icons/106114 "2019-01-09T21:21:33Z")
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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/differentiate-admin-and-moderator-shield-icons/106114/12 "2019-01-10T15:55:49Z")

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> [@RobMeade](#):
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> 2FA (two factor authentication?), is this for indicating the Discourse staff?

Nope, it’s for any user who has enable 2FA within Discourse (staff or not).

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/4/94bb32cf585c09373b5f322050f444b97b52a64a.png)

In the image above you can see 3 users - one is an admin with 2FA enabled, one is an admin (bot), and I am an moderator & admin and have 2FA enabled. See [Discourse 2.0.0.beta4 Release Notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-2-0-0-beta4-release-notes/82446) for more details on 2FA in Discourse.

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