Η Google today announced plans to automatically enroll 150 million user accounts in its two-step verification (2SV) system by the end of the year.
These are accounts to which Google 2SV connectivity can be enabled, but users have not done so themselves.
"We are currently automatically registering Google accounts that have the appropriate backup mechanisms to make a seamless transition to 2SV", Reported Google in a blog post.
This includes users with modern smartphones running the latest versions of the operating system Android.
Once Google has enabled the 2SV feature, users will need to confirm a prompt that appears on their smartphone each time they log in to their account with a new device, application, or browser.
Today's announcement is the first step Google has taken to launch the 2SV auto-registration plan, which it announced in May when it promised to automatically enable 2SV connection support for all its users by default.
Under this plan, most users will have 2SV enabled in their accounts by next year.
In addition, Google also takes steps to secure its creator accounts YouTube, which have often been at the center of many breaches in recent years.
As of November 1, Google has stated that all YouTube creator accounts with revenue-enabled features will not be able to access the YouTube Studio section unless they enable 2SV.
Let's mention that the market for hacked YouTube accounts is booming in the hacking underground Forums, and prices range from $5 to $1.000.
