Google to apply two-factor authentication
The company considers this information security technology to be very reliable and safe to prevent unauthorized access
As part of raising awareness about cybersecurity, Google reported the implementation of new functions in its password manager, applying the obligation of a “two-factor authentication” system. The measure could be activated in 150 million of its accounts, approximately, before the end the year.
The new features will impact the computer security of Chrome for Android and the Google mobile app. Particularly, in the case of the app, the company plans to increase “a feature so that users can access all the passwords that have been stored in the manager (…). This action will be carried out directly from the application menu. This was published by the company on its blog.
The company also indicated that Chrome on iOS also features the “ability to auto-fill passwords” that users have previously stored in other applications. Another new feature that the Internet giant plans to implement in a short time is the automatic generation of passwords in any “iOS on Apple devices” application.
Secure access
With these new authentications, the company requires that the user make two reactions to connect to the search engine and considers that the main objective of the company to force its users to activate the function is explained when it points out: “Having a second form of authentication reduces dramatically the opportunity for an attacker to gain access to an account.”
As will be recalled, last May the American company Google made reference to the functionality, but at this time it is aware that more than “150 million additional users will have access to it.”
The company also reported that it will apply motivational strategies to encourage more than 2 million content creators on YouTube to make use of this new tool.
Google describes its cybersecurity technology system as “one of the most reliable ways to prevent unauthorized access.” According to the organization, the user can combine “something he knows, which would be his password, with “something he has”: his mobile device.
M Rodríguez
Source: 20minutos.es
