2. Security of Account

About 2FA

Once you created a Google account, you should set up security for your Google account. It is called ” two-step authentication “. After you enter your ID and password, you will be asked to enter another code.

Even if you do not have two-step authentication enabled, you will still receive a confirmation email like below. But it will not prevent unauthorized access. Two-step authentication is a good way to stop the unauthorized access.

This two-factor authentication does not bother you, because it will not be needed the same input again. Let you improve the security.

Set 2FA to Google account

First, you have to register your phone number and verify it.

Even if you’ve created it from your mobile.

If haven’t yet, you have to do it from your home screen.

You can also register your phone number from the security tab, but sometimes it will be failed. The most reliable way is supposed to register it from your mobile. The setup way is same.

You should keep in mind that; ” One phone number can configure 2FA within two Google accounts “. You can create three or more Google accounts and passkeys ( you can also configure the recovery phone numbers ), but if you want to set 2FA on them, you will need another phone number.

It would be better to think that you can only have two Google accounts.

The way to set up 2FA is below.

Once this G-code is authenticated, “Google prompt” will appear when you access your account.

Tapping ” Yes ” will allow you to access your Google account. If you are asked to confirm by pressing a number, follow the navigations. It’s a bit complicated, but once you’ve been verified, these prompts will gradually disappear. Soon, the above two steps only exist and work to prevent unauthorized access. So, you should set it up for the security.

Set Passkey to Google account

In default, the passkey of mobile is set automatically. Passkey has many advantages such as preventing phishing and providing a secure login, so you will set it up for your PC.

The setup is easy.

Below is the way of coming from 2-step verification.

One image is bugged, but there is no problem for this setting. Also, the passkey doesn’t seem to be compatible with Microsoft account well. The configuration might be failed. But if you retry it after waiting for a while, it would be successful. It’s not danger so much without setting it, so you try it later.

I don’t know whether the passkey is compatible with other operating systems.

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