On the occasion of World Password Day, Google is keen to remind everyone how dangerous are passwords . Not per se of course, but for the use people make of it. Nowadays, a password is needed for everything, from home banking to the site of the milkman under the house, and the tendency to reuse the same password is a vice induced by the proliferation of the same, which however exposes the users at considerable risks if the password used for sensitive services is also used elsewhere.
The solution that Google has been allowing to adopt for years consists of two-step verification, which conditions the actual login not only to the insertion of the password (first step), but also to that of a verification code received on the phone or by simply pressing a notification on the same (second step).
Well, the news is that soon Google will start enabling automatically two-step authentication for all those accounts that are “ properly configured “. What is meant? BigG does not explain it precisely, nor does it tell us how automatic this novelty will be (suppose we have to at least confirm it, before the activation is effective). The only indication given is to check the status of your account via the security check: if everything was okay, we assume that this means that the two-step verification could be activated, but in fact we do not yet know when and how. It is clear that this is a preventive measure aimed at protecting the user , and that therefore it is to be welcomed, but we would like to receive some more details on the modalities, before the change becomes effective . Suppose we will go back to talking about it “ soon “, as soon as Google decides to flip the switch .
