To those of you who may like or not like Google I have
to admit this is an awesome thing they have created.
Their 2step or
2factor authentication. Having decided to set it up they have one use
codes you can use to gain access when you do not have cell or
smartphone function. You can create secure machines. And you
can re-sync key devices easily.
I had known about
it for some time but never really delved into it. So today I did after reading
about Mat Honan's experience with getting his apple/amazon accounts
compromised. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking
Bad things
happened to him. And this made me think about how many services I use
from Google. How many accounts link back to it? And what that
would really mean.
Well I'm done;
time to enable the enhanced security. But not blindly. I have worked with
Blizzards mobile authenticator, as well as Star Wars Knights of the old
republic.
Both of these
companies have mobile authentication. But I have to say it works but is
not the best experience.
Doing some research
I found this article: http://cadince.com/3-ways-to-move-google-authenticator/
It’s awesome! The
Google authenticator has a key code, this key can be saved and re-used so when
freaks like me decide to do something less than kosher to their digital device
you can reset and move forward without issue.
This is in
addition to the one use codes you can enable/print to keep in your wallet or in
your safe at home or wherever. Wonderful!
So if you have Google
accounts, and there is ANYTHING in those accounts you could not afford to lose,
then your path should lead you to question your overall account security.
Think about where
your data is, and how people can get to it.
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