2 WAYS TO USE A SMARTPHONE TO LOG INTO GOOGLE ON A PC
My Google statement was shortly hijacked terminal year, and though null field happened as a result, I definite to countenance into Google’s 2-step substantiation process. This adds a ordinal place of section because it combines “what you undergo with what you have,” says Google. You undergo your Google countersign of course, but the ordinal travel requires the smartphone you hit with you. Without the handset, your Google statement can’t be accessed if 2-step substantiation is enabled.
On Monday, PC Mag wrote up exclusive one artefact to index into your Gmail statement on a PC by using a smartphone. It’s a adroit and ultimate method. On the PC, you exclusive feeding to https://accounts.google.com/sesame where you’ll wager a QR code.
Using a barcode scanning app on your Android or iPhone (that’s already organized with your Google statement credentials) to behave a pic of the code, which is a URL. Browse to the address on your sound and touch the “Start with Gmail” fix or “Start with iGoogle” button, whichever you prefer. Doing so causes the sound to dispense a substantiation to the PC, which directly opens up Gmail.
I proven the duty on my Galaxy Nexus and it worked perfectly. But I was already using a smartphone to avow my Google login with 2-step verification. Google actually offers an covering titled Authenticator for Android, iOS and BlackBerry devices. Instead of occupation or texting a substantiation cipher to your smartphone, Authenticator creates six-digit substantiation codes on the fly, without whatever connectivity required. Each cipher lasts exclusive 30 seconds, such same a actuation code. Entering the cipher when prompted during log-in to a Google statement provides access.
Although I’ve been using the Authenticator app for whatever time, I same the QR cipher method better. There are no substantiation codes to manually type; it’s a simpler impact that ease combines “what you undergo with what you have.” And if you add in passcode section on the sound itself, there’s added place of section with either move to support discover in housing you retrograde your handset.
If you’re not familiar with Google’s 2-step substantiation feature, here are the info from the rollout terminal February, as substantially as this recording to vindicate how it works.
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