Google to enforce two-factor authentication to protect users
Google intends to force the inclusion of two-factor authentication to protect all of its users, according to a message on the official website of the American company.
Back in the spring, the IT giant announced its intention to use two-factor authentication with a password and SMS message with a code to protect user accounts. Now the developers have announced that by the end of the year this feature will be activated by default for 150 million users.
In 2018, Google conducted a study and found that only 10% of active accounts use two-factor authentication. Since then, the company has made efforts to encourage people to use this feature.
Together with millions of Google users, over two million content creators will move to two-factor authentication by the end of 2021. In addition, users will be able to use hardware security keys for authorization, of which more than 10 thousand copies are produced annually by Google alone.
Another reliable tool for ensuring the security of “accounting” is the password manager. Google verifies more than a billion passwords each year using the Chrome browser's built-in password manager, which is also integrated into the Android platform and the Google app. The feature is also available on iOS devices, where Chrome can be used to automatically fill in authorization fields across apps. The developers promise to soon add the ability to generate strong passwords for other applications.
Earlier it was reported that Google is introducing new search features based on artificial intelligence. Among them – combined search for images and text queries.
