Google your sign-in is changing from nov 9th

[aaron17]

Anyone got this email yet?
'Google your sign in is changing from nov 9th'
Its a 2 step verification now. You can either use the phone to send the code or use backup codes.
The phone code does not work for me . I never used the 10 backup codes and you can only use each one once.

[fokhan_96]

Yea got the email. Got error when trying to send code to phone.
You also get to see all your saved passwords and all the ones you reuse.
I didn't know Google had so much of my passwords saved. Had to delete a bunch of them, had passwords saved from accounts i haven't accessed in more than 10 years.

[0rb1tz]

2FA is the standard for secure login into anywhere that's secure on the internet in 2021 and beyond. This is so that a group of hackers in Russia who have your password from a hacked dump file and has been attempting to break your account since last year, don't get through just in case they logged in with the correct password. The system would then activate the 2nd factor of defense which is you physically in possession of your phone with your unique number.

Use the Google Authenticator app and you can add all your accounts to it, from Microsoft to Facebook to Yahoo, etc. Inside the security setting in your accounts, dig until you find the option to use an authenticator app for 2FA login and it will generate a QR code which you scan with app when you're ready to add an account. Don't do this from a work computer, do it at a private secure computer. The app itself requires fingerprint on your phone to unlock so only you can access it to receive the code.

When you sign in with your password, a unique time sensitive code is generated in the app which you input into the 2nd factor authentication box. It's very easy guys, so get with the times and update your login security. I've been doing this as standard since 2019.

[pugboy]

they usually send notification when the sites you have those passwords for have been compromised

Yea got the email. Got error when trying to send code to phone.
You also get to see all your saved passwords and all the ones you reuse.
I didn't know Google had so much of my passwords saved. Had to delete a bunch of them, had passwords saved from accounts i haven't accessed in more than 10 years.

[aaron17]

Idk what the hell i did but i got the phone number to work.

[abbow]

Dont use phone number (sms texting) - Sometimes the phone network wont relay the text and you end up stuck.

Get the Authenticator app....Google and Microsoft have them as well as others.

[aaron17]

Oh

[redmanjp]

Dont use phone number (sms texting) - Sometimes the phone network wont relay the text and you end up stuck.

Get the Authenticator app....Google and Microsoft have them as well as others.

I have that but just wondering what happens if u lose your phone can you recover the information in it?