It was informed a few months ago by Google that the protection of its users' accounts would be more rigorous. Therefore, the forced and default activation of a duplicate authentication (2FA) will be notified to all 150 million users of the platform. This change has become fundamental, considering that the proposal suggested by the company made it reduce by half the number of stolen accounts.
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Ensuring greater security, this method makes any other login you perform require you to respond to a window on your mobile device confirming your identity.
Google's decision was based on minimizing cyber attacks and phishing attempts, in which criminals steal personal data, and the consequences of these scams. In this way, the company reached a figure of 150 million users with double authentication enabled. In addition, it also acquired 2 million YouTube users and "as a result of that effort, we saw a 50% reduction in the number of compromised accounts among those users."
It is noticeable that this new verification method has become a security milestone, and it is clear to the Google that, many times, the Gmail account is used to login to several existing services online. Therefore, it is fundamental to invest time and money in the creation of an efficient mechanism like this one, for greater security of its users.
Therefore, the company started this two-step verification activation, but also intends to go further in this effort and innovate more and more.
The engineers who work at Google say that, in fact, there are jobs aimed at innovation and technology so that there is no longer dependence on passwords, but which seek to guarantee a method always aimed at security.
Therefore, there is also a proposal to continue promoting this new dual activation mechanism in 2022, persisting in the idea of be a better way to reduce cybercrime and add difficulties to try to keep cybercriminals from carrying out their acts illicit.