Despite having followed all my instructions on how to change your password and create a secure one, you are afraid that someone will access your password without permission Google account and steal all the data in Gmail, Google Calendar and all the other services of the Mountain View giant? Fortunately, the risk of this happening is not very high, however there is an additional measure of protection that you can take to sleep a little more peacefully and lock your account: the two-step verification.
If you have never heard of it, two-step verification (also called two-factor authentication) is a function that associates a security code delivered via SMS to the classic account password. This code is required every time you log into your account from a new device or from a previously unauthorized device. This means that the risk of unauthorized access is drastically reduced, as the account password alone is no longer sufficient to log in to Gmail, Google Drive, etc. but it must necessarily be accompanied by a code received on your mobile phone.
So, what do you think? Do you agree that this is a great security measure and that it might be useful for you too? Well then don't waste any more time and find out how to authenticate google account thanks to the information you find below. You can act both from your computer and from smartphones and tablets. Happy reading and have fun!
Authenticate a Google account from your PC
To discover how to authenticate google account from your PC, the first step you need to take is to connect to the main page of the search engine. Then, click on your photo located at the top right and press the button Personal account present in the box that appears.
On the page that opens, click on the item Access and security, select Access to Google from the left sidebar and go to the section relating to two-step verification.
Now, click on the button Start and log back into your Google account. Then select or type the telephone number on which you want to receive the confirmation code (putting the international prefix before it, which is +39 if you are in 2022), put the check mark next to the item SMS and click on the button Competition.
So wait for a message containing a verification code composed of six digits, type it on the Google page and click first on Verifica and then NEXT e Attiva but I will complete the procedure.
At the end of the procedure, you may be asked to create special passwords for apps and services that don't yet support Google two-factor authentication.
To create a specific password for an app or service, connected to this web page, select theapplication and device for which you intend to generate the password (using the appropriate drop-down menus) and click on the button Generates.
Congratulations! From now on, whenever you have to authenticate Google account to access your account or connect it to an external service or application, you will be sent a verification code via SMS to complete the login. Without that code, you won't be able to log into your account. If you left the check mark next to the option while enabling two-factor authentication Ask no more about this computer, you have added your PC to the list of trusted devices and therefore you will not be asked for the verification code to access the account. The password will suffice, as before.
In case the SMS with the verification code does not arrive (sometimes it can happen), click on the link Try to log in another way present on the login page to your Google account and click on the item to request assistance.
In case of second thoughts, you can disable the use of SMS verification codes by returning to the security settings of your Google account (as seen at the beginning of the guide), by clicking on the item Two-step verification e pigging your pulse disable located at the top right.
Authenticate a Google account from a smartphone
If you have an Android-equipped smartphone or tablet, you can activate two-step verification directly from the operating system settings. All you have to do is log in to the settings of the device (by pressing the gear icon) and select the item Google from the menu that opens. If you don't see any Google-related entries in your Android settings, launch the app Google settings located in the drawer (i.e. in the screen that contains the icons of all the apps installed on the terminal).
Successively, I went his Access and security, select the voice Two-step verification, choose to open the link with Chrome and log in to your Google account. Then press the button Start, log in to your Google account again and make sure your phone number is set correctly (otherwise enter it yourself in the appropriate text field).
At this point, metti il segno di spunta accanto alla voce SMS, tap on the button Competition and enter the confirmation code that will arrive via SMS. After this step too, he presses the button Attiva and two-step verification will be activated on your Google account.
To generate a specific password for an app or service, return to the menu Settings> Google> Login and security and select the item Password for apps from the screen that opens.
If, on the other hand, in case of second thoughts, you want to disable two-step verification on your account, go to the menu Settings> Google> Login and security, select the item related to Two-step verification and presses the button disable present in the screen that opens. Easier than that ?!
