Re:Gmail as a threat to data access: forced 2-factor login, ...
by Iolaum on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @06:11PM
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I've noticed 2FA being turned on at family accounts without them noticing. Very crappy indeed. And it was the only 2FA method ...
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Re:Gmail as a threat to data access: forced 2-factor login, ...
by this_steve_j on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @12:05AM
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From my recent similar experience I concluded that it was a shadow 2FA enrollment of the Android device’s Gmail/Google app only, without prompting the user to choose backup and recovery methods like SMS — even though it was an Android phone.