May 6, 2021 03:00 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/6/22422778/google-accounts-enabling-two-step-verification-default
Google will soon switch on two-factor authentication by default
Google is about to take a pretty significant step that will help keep user accounts more secure: it’s going to enroll people in two-factor authentication by default. Today the company wrote in a blog post that it will soon start enrolling customers in two-factor authentication (or “two-step verification,” as Google calls it) if their accounts are “appropriately configured.”
Once enabled, they’ll receive a prompt on their smartphone to verify that an attempted login with their Google account is legitimate. “Using their mobile device to sign in gives people a safer and more secure authentication experience than passwords alone,” said Google’s senior director of product management, Mark Risher. (On-phone alerts are more secure than SMS...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/6/22422778/google-accounts-enabling-two-step-verification-default
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