Google will soon automatically enroll users in 2FA – The Next Web

Google is so sick of you relying on passwords that the company hopes to one day ditch the authentication method altogether. But in the meantime, the search giant is introducing a simpler way of improving security online: activating two-factor authentication (2FA) on your Google accounts by default.

The Big G currentlyoffers 2FA also known as two-step verification (2SV) as an optional setting, but will soon turn it on automatically.

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Mark Risher, Googles director of product management, identity, and user security, announced the plan in a Thursday blog post:

Today we ask people who have enrolled intwo-step verification (2SV)to confirm its really them with a simple tap via a Google prompt on their phone whenever they sign in.Soon well start automatically enrolling users in 2SV if their accounts are appropriately configured.

An appropriately configured account will already include recovery information, such as a secondary email or a phone number.You can check your setup on Googles Security Checkuppage

Youll also have the choice to opt-out of 2FA, but thats normally an unwise move. Studies by Microsoft found that your account is more than 99.9% less likely to be compromised if you use multi-factor authentication.

That doesnt mean that2FA is perfect, but its a lot safer than following Kanye Wests lead and securing your account with just the password 000000.

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