Google is About to Start Automatically Enrolling Users in 2FA

Google has announced it will implement the two-factor authentication (2FA) by default but will give users the option to opt-out.

In recent months, vulnerable apps, hacked websites, and zero-day exploits have accounted for an increasing amount of news reporting.

There is risk in everything you do online, but there are many ways to mitigate that risk, such as turning on two-factor authentication (2FA) for apps, services, or accounts.

The search engine giant has decided to take matters into its own hands-on that front, by announcing that it will soon enable 2FA by default for anyone with an “appropriately configured” account.

Google’s Director of Product Management, Identity and User Security, Mark Risher, said in a blog post, “Today we ask people who have enrolled in two-step verification (2SV) to confirm it’s really them with a simple tap via a Google prompt on their phone whenever they sign in.”

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Mark Risher went on and said, “Soon we’ll start automatically enrolling users in 2SV if their accounts are appropriately configured. (You can check the status of your account in our Security Checkup).

Your account is “appropriately configured” if you have provided Google with recovery information, which could be:

• A secondary email address
• A phone number
• An authenticator app

“How strong is my password” searches increased by 300% in 2020”

You should already be using Google’s two-step verification, but if you’re not, at least make sure to visit the Security Checkup site.

As Google notes earlier in the blog post, searches for the phrase “how strong is my password” increased by 300% in 2020. Meanwhile, millions of you are still using passwords like “123456”, “password”, or “qwerty,” so the resounding answer to that search query is an unequivocal “NO.”

Make your passwords strong and difficult to guess, use different passwords for all of your accounts.

Besides, take advantage of Google’s Password Manager, which not only stores all of your passwords, but also lets you know when compromised.

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Google’s dream of killing passwords finally may seem a fairy dream now but as you slowly work your way toward that glorious day, do what you can to keep your accounts and your personal data safe.

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