A Google account sits at the heart of the internet experience for billions of users worldwide. Protecting it is paramount if services such as Gmail, Google Docs and Google Photos are to remain secure.

Google’s updated 2FA setup no longer requires a phone number by default. Users can set up 2FA directly with an authenticator app or hardware key, skipping SMS verification. Google has streamlined its ...

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Google released an update for its popular authenticator app that stores a “one-time code” in cloud storage, allowing users who have lost the device with their authenticator on it to retain access to ...

Google’s 2FA app update lacks end-to-end encryption, researchers find Your email has been sent On April 25, security researchers Tommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry, who are known collectively on Twitter ...

Earlier this week, Google updated its Authenticator app to enable the backup and syncing of 2FA codes across devices using a Google Account. Now an examination by Mysk security researchers has found ...

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Google Authenticator first launched in 2010, and the app—which stores and generates two-factor authentication (2FA) codes—lacked backups and multi-device support for years. It made transferring phones ...

Google Prompt is a pretty good 2-factor authentication (2FA) option for the vast majority of users, with Google now adding fingerprint or PIN authentication to the process. Over the past few days, ...