Diane,
As Kenneth stated below I would not turn on 2 step verification until
you can get verification codes on your cell phone. That is what you
need to accomplish first before you even start thinking about 2 step
verification. I have been reading all of the messages in this thread.
I have a question for you. You state that you are trying to use your
home phone to get the verification code but unable to. With 2 step
verification why would you want to tie it to your home phone? You
mentioned there is a laptop that you sometimes take mobile with you.
How can you use 2 step verification with that laptop if you want to use
your home phone as the place to receive your verification code? You
wouldn't be home to get the verification code which means you would not
be able to log into Gmail or your Google account at all. I think the
whole purpose of 2 step verification is to use your cell phone which you
will probably always have with you as the 2nd form of verification
besides the password that you type in.
Jeff
On 7/19/2015 9:19 PM, Kenneth Ayers wrote:
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 8:39 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
You are correct about my confusion, Kenneth. I can't even
articulate what I'm still not "getting." One way to get around
this is bite the bullet and activate 2-step verif. and see
directly how it works.
No, you can't bite the bullet and activate 2 step verification because
you have no way of receiving verification codes. You need to solve
that before you can do anything else. Verizon has plans with free text
messaging. In fact I think all their plans have free text messaging.
The plan you were grandfathered into sounds like some archaic and
obsolete plan and it's holding you back. You need to put that plan to
rest.
This seems doable because I understand I can subsequently cancel
this protection if I choose.
Yes, you can turn off 2 step verification at any time.
Let me try clarifying (again) something: Let's say I activate
2-step on my Computer A.
Maybe just semantics, but you don't activate 2 step verification on
Computer A. You activate it on your Google account. You may be typing
from Computer A when you activate it but it establishes 2 step
verification on your account which affects any future login attempt at
Computer A or B or anywhere else.
Whenever I log into Gmail or some other Google-related program
from that computer (A) _or_ my Computer B _or_ my Computer C _or_
a friend's computer, each time I will be required to input my
password _and_ a verification code?
Not necessarily each time but at least the first time. If you then
tell Google not to require verification codes anymore from whichever
computer you're logging in at, then it will no longer be required from
that computer. But if you don't exempt a computer from requiring
verification codes then, yes, each login attempt at that computer will
require verification codes.
I can also subsequently opt to not receive a verif. code but use
only my password, and this would need to be done one time from
_each_ computer I access to get into Google? (Again, I could
learn the answers to this by just turning on 2-step, but I'm not
that brave--yet.)
Yes. the exemption from verification codes would need to be granted
one time from each computer for which you want to grant that exemption.
Actually this exemption may not be eternal. If Google believes that
suspicious activity is occurring somewhere in the world with your
account or perhaps not your account specifically but just an increased
threat level in general, Google may decide to once again make you
re-enter verification codes on computers for which you've already
granted the verification exemption. So then you'd just need to enter a
verification code again on the computer you had already trusted and
then, again, tell Google not to require codes anymore on that
computer. It may be a nuisance but it's for your protection.
You mentioned "the computer in [my] own locked home." My own
computer safely at home does not guarantee it can't be hacked. If
I relax the security on any/all of my computers in my locked home,
the hacker still has to deal with both steps of verification, correct?
No, if you relax the security for a particular computer so that only
passwords are required then only passwords are required for that
particular computer.
Thank you for your patience!
*~Diane*
On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Kenneth Ayers
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>wrote:
But now it comes to the point where I think you're getting
confused. Your account is now protected everywhere but if
you're reasonably certain that the computer in your own locked
home is unlikely to be stolen by someone who also knows your
password, you may opt to let Google know that you're willing
to relax the security on that particular computer and not
require verification codes there in the future. You'd still
have to enter a verification code for that computer at least
once but you can then select to let Google know that you don't
want to be asked for verification codes there anymore. 2 step
verification is still in effect for your account, not disabled
in any way, it's just that Google will allow you to make your
own computer exempt from requiring verification codes at login.
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