Thank you for your valued opinion, Zack, and what you added to Marko's also-valued information. Please explain the statement you made that setting up 2-step verif. on only that one computer "will make the change transparent to them" [the other two fixed computers].
On Saturday, July 18, 2015 at 5:25:11 AM UTC-7, Zack Tennant wrote: > > 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] <javascript:> > > 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.
