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Google improves two-step verification by turning your Android phone into a security key

April 11, 2019

Google seems to be putting more effort than ever into keeping Android users safe and sound against both potentially harmful applications and good old fashioned hackers. At the same time, traditional passwords are gearing up to go the way of the dodo, making space for more sophisticated methods of authentication, and now two-step verification is taken to the next level of convenience with a simple new feature.

This is all part of the search giant’s grand plan to make our digital lives safer and easier, as the latest technology unveiled yesterday essentially makes physical security keys obsolete. That’s because any Android phone running OS version 7.0 and up can basically become a security key now to add an extra layer of protection to your Google Account sign-ins.

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