Diane, WiFi, even the most secure, is extremely hackable. Even using the one you set up at home, with your own keys, you can *can* have your equipment tricked into revealing sensitive information. If you're going out in public, like Starbucks, and using wifi, this risk goes up significantly. I'm a network engineer and I can tell you that your providers are always doing everything we can to protect you from malicious people, and, quite frankly, yourself. This doesn't mean you should just trust the status quo. If you feel there are reasonable measures you can take to improve your security, then I would suggest you do them.
To Marko's point... you can set it up so that your two fixed computers, that never move, and are not using WiFi, can bypass the 2-step. This will make the change transparent to them, and only impact you when you're using the third one, or a public one. On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 9:18 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > Marko, your response is precisely what I wanted to know. I was thinking > about 2-step verification for our three computers here at home, but I feel > they are "reasonably secure" as you do yours. I rarely use someone else's > computer; rather I am more likely to take with me and use my smallest > computer in a wi-fi setting. Clearly, under those circumstances (using > another's computer or wi-fi), it would make sense to set up 2-step verif. > > Now I'm going to ask for your (and anyone else's) opinion. For that one > computer that I *occasionally* take with me to use elsewhere via wi-fi > and on which I have had no problems, would I be foolish to go with the > adage "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and stay with the status quo? > > With thanks, > *~Diane* > > > Earlier, Diane asked if fellow Gmail users use the 2-Step Verification > process. I do not, because I access my Gmail only from computers that I > know are reasonably secure. On the other hand, if I used someone else's > computer, or an unknown computer in a library or an Internet cafe, then I > would want to use the 2-Step process. That is the kind of situation it was > designed for. > >> >> I know many users who only use Gmail on one single computer. They do > however manage to regularly get infected with spyware, malware etc. etc. > > This is also the kind of user that will benefit from 2-Step. > >> >> -- >> > Marko > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
