Google has begun automatically enrolling users for two-factor authentication \u2014 or two-step verification (2SV), as Google terms it \u2014 as part of its plan to make sign-in more secure for all users.<\/p>\n
“By the end of 2021, we plan to auto-enroll an additional 150 million Google users in 2SV,” Google said in a statement<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n According to Android Police<\/a><\/strong>, Google is keeping true to their word as with less than two months left of 2021, users have reported that they have been auto-enrolled for 2SV.<\/p>\n Two-step verification requires you to use something \u2014 often a generated code or confirmation prompt linked to your device \u2014 in addition to your password to grant access to your account.<\/p>\n More than 150 million accounts are registered with Google. However, the company will only be “auto-enrolling Google accounts that have the proper backup mechanisms in place to make a seamless transition to 2SV.”<\/p>\n Backup mechanisms include a recovery phone number to receive text messages or a recovery email address.<\/p>\n Every Android phone has the “Google Prompt<\/a><\/strong>” feature built-in, providing Android users with a valid 2SV, while iOS users can receive the prompts through the Google Search app, Gmail app, or the Google Smart Lock app.<\/p>\n Google has provided further information on 2SV and recovery methods on its support page<\/a><\/strong>, should you lose your verification device.<\/p>\n Google users will have to use two-step verification in the near future whether they like it or not.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":421262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,16],"tags":[397,167,691,38240],"class_list":["post-421260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","category-software","tag-android","tag-google","tag-ios","tag-two-factor-authentication"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":421270,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421260\/revisions\/421270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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