Google is a great place to search for information. However, if you want to keep your information safe, you should use 2FA. This is a security measure that helps protect your account from being accessed by someone who doesn’t have your password. To use 2FA on Google, you first need to create a Google account and set up your 2FA security settings. Then, you can use the two-factor authentication feature on your account. To do this, you need to input your username and password in the two-factor authentication form on the website. Once you’ve set up 2FA on Google, you can use it to protect all of your account data. For example, if you’re an employee and want to keep track of company finances, you can use 2FA to protect that data too.

Google Enabling 2FA By Default

Google refers to 2FA as 2SV, which stands for two-step verification. It’s another term that means the same thing, and the company has reminded us of its intention to make it the default on millions of accounts.

In a blog post, the company said, “By the end of 2021, we plan to auto-enroll an additional 150 million Google users in 2SV and require 2 million YouTube creators to turn it on.” That means that if you aren’t currently, locking down your Google account with a second form of verification, it’ll be turned on by default soon.

Of course, you can choose to turn it off if you’re not a fan, but it really is a good idea, as locking down your accounts is important, especially one as widely used as your Google account.

Google’s Other Password Plans

Google also announced that you can select Chrome to autofill saved passwords in other apps on iOS now. If you use Google Chrome on iOS to store your passwords, this is a feature that’ll come in handy for you.

You’ll also be able to use Google’s Password Manager right from the Google app, which makes Chrome a more powerful password manager.

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All in all, Google is doing some great stuff with security, and these changes are definitely a net positive for keeping your accounts safe.