Making matters worse, hackers are making phone calls and sending emails to Gmail account holders pretending to be Google Support. This has proven to be quite effective. Two-factor authentication is not perfect. The Hackers will go phishing hoping that you are not wary enough and that you’ll tap a link that takes you to a bogus sign-in page. If you’re not paying attention, you might fill out that page with personal information such as your password, social security number and more. That info goes right to the bad actors who know ways to steal 2FA codes.
If you don’t have a passkey, create one. A passkey can be the biometric tool you use to unlock your phone such as your fingerprint, or facial recognition. It can also be a PIN. Passkeys are more resistant to phishing since the user can’t be tricked into turning over a passkey to a bad actor. Only 34% of U.S. consumers are using passkeys. If you are using a device with a passkey and a sign-in prompt asks for a password, that is a big warning not to sign-in at all. Also keep in mind that you should never sign-in with a link even if it appears that the link came from Google.
“Iconic Phones” is coming this Fall!
Good news everyone! Over the past year we’ve been working on an exciting passion project of ours and we’re thrilled to announce it will be ready to release in just a few short months.
