Google to auto-enroll 150 million user accounts into 2FA

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Today, Google has announced that they will be automatically enrolling 150 million additional Google Accounts into 2SV by the end of the year.

"And 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," explained Google in a new blog post.

"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."

Google says that these additional accounts will only be enrolled if they have the "proper backup mechanisms" in place to transition to 2SV.

For those unable to enroll in 2SV due to available authentication methods, Google is working on other technologies that these users can use.

To check if your account has the correct settings for 2SV, you can perform a Security Checkup on your Google Account, which will explain your available options.

As 2-factor authentication is such an important method of securing online accounts and data breaches that frequently expose credentials, it is strongly advised that users enroll now in 2SV rather than waiting.

Google to auto-enroll 150 million user accounts into 2FA

Google announced today that they plan on auto-enrolling 150 million accounts into two-factor authentication by the end of 2021.

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