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Prevent hackers from accessing your account with an additional layer of security. When you sign in, 2-Step verification helps make sure your personal information stays private, safe and secure. In addition to your password, 2-Step verification adds a quick second step to verify that it's you.
- Why is Google forcing 2-step verification?
- Is Google making 2-step verification mandatory?
- Is Google sending emails about 2-step verification?
Why is Google forcing 2-step verification?
The company prefers the term two-step verification (2SV). The company had this to say about the planned move: “… because we know the best way to keep our users safe is to turn on our security protections by default, we have started to automatically configure our users' accounts into a more secure state.
Is Google making 2-step verification mandatory?
Google announced in May a plan to automatically enroll millions of users in two-step verification by the end of 2021. On Tuesday, it released early results from the project: auto-enrolled accounts were half as likely to be compromised as unenrolled ones.
Is Google sending emails about 2-step verification?
If you don't have 2SV (2-Step Verification) enabled on your account, you'll probably soon also get an email about it.
