Google is making two-step verification quicker and easier with its new prompt
http://www.techspot.com/news/65284-google-making-two-step-verification-quicker-easier-new.html Like many other companies that use the security feature, Google requires users to enter a code from an authenticator app or via SMS. Now, it also offers the option of a simple notification prompt that appears on a phone. Users can quickly approve or deny sign-in requests for Gmail and Google Apps accounts by tapping "yes" or "no" on their Android or iOS device. - - - An excellent option for those situations where you have an app-capable, data-connected phone directly at hand and ready to go. Obviously, this won't work when you don't meet this requirement, and unfortunately this choice appears to be incompatible with the overall best security choice of physical login security keys. But this new yes/no option is definitely a useful incremental improvement to the overall 2-factor regime. Kudos to the Google security teams! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
