Is this legit? There was something last year which appeared like this that turned out to be a virus or some such.
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new two step verification
- Thread starter buldog5151bass
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Legit. Just pull down your user menu and select "two step verification" to set up.
Perhaps I'm reading this incorrectly, but I do not like the idea of requiring re-verification of each device every 30 days.
Me either. Price you pay these days I guess, maybe? So much hacking and crap. Not like the good old days.
If you don't have a smartphone, I wouldn't bother with it. If you do have a smartphone, I think you'll find that it's going to increasingly become your "key" to your accounts. In my google authenticator app, I have 9 different account keys that I use for my online bank account, gmail, microsoft account, etc. I don't mind it, the security it adds is enormous, and it only takes a few seconds to type in the 6-digit code that the app spits out.
Well, sadly I followed directions and set it up on my home computer this morning. Now it will not let me get on, says to enter the code that has been sent but that code of course is now no longer valid as fifteen minutes has passed, and there does not seem to be any way I can request a new code. I am currently writing this on my work computer, don't know what will happen when I switch this one off - I thought I had ticked the box to stay on with my home computer.
Help - is there any way I can remove the two-step verification? I wish I had never heard of it. Alternatively, how do you request an email of a new access code?
Edit: I just found the disable button so have disabled it on this computer, so hopefully same should apply also to my home computer.
Memo to self: Don't blindly follow internet advice.
Help - is there any way I can remove the two-step verification? I wish I had never heard of it. Alternatively, how do you request an email of a new access code?
Edit: I just found the disable button so have disabled it on this computer, so hopefully same should apply also to my home computer.
Memo to self: Don't blindly follow internet advice.
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No worries, just don't use two-step
I wouldn't use it without a smartphone and a code generator app like Google Authenticator. That way you always have fresh code if you need it, and you don't have to worry about emails getting through.
Yes.
"To receive verification codes via a phone app, you must first install a code-generating app such as Authy or Google Authenticator on your phone."
There are other authenticators besides Google. Google loves to keep evvveryyyy little scrap of information you give them. And you can never have it erased.