One of the best ways of protecting your online accounts is to use two-factor authentication (2FA). The idea is that if a hacker were to ever guess your username and password, unless they have access to your phone, they still wouldn’t be able to log into your accounts. It is an extra step that might be a bit troublesome, but it does keep your accounts safe.Google has largely made the feature optional for users, but the company has announced that by the end of 2021, they will be enrolling as many as 150 million additional Google users into the program. What this means is that Google will be enabling the feature by default for users so that they will have to use it.
According to Google, “And because we know the best way to keep our users safe is to turn on our security protections by default, we have started to automatically configure our users’ accounts into a more secure state. By the end of 2021, we plan to auto-enroll an additional 150 million Google users in 2SV and require 2 million YouTube creators to turn it on.”
Google does acknowledge that while 2FA systems are a good form of protection, they also note that it isn’t the most convenient or the most suitable, and have stated that they are working on ways to provide alternative login solutions in the future that reduces the reliance on passwords.
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