That Google account you haven't checked in years might be getting wiped this week. Beginning Friday, Google is moving ahead with its plan to delete accounts that have been inactive for at least two ...

Google introduced new safety features last year to keep Workspace accounts safe when certain changes are made. Now, they're rolling out those precautions to personal accounts, too. Starting today, ...

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Ever since Google enabled two-step verification for Gmail and other tied authentication protocols in its ecosystem, SMS codes ...

Google has confirmed that its email verification system was bypassed. In other words, the malicious actors were able to circumvent security protocols. Google has a simple yet highly robust and ...

Google has started enforcing two-step verification (2SV) for all Workspace admin accounts. The change is already in effect for some users with the company covering more accounts in the coming weeks.

A username and password just won’t cut it anymore. Users around the world logging into Gmail have often relied on Google SMS pings to securely access their accounts, but that’s changing. Google now ...

Google Workspace Authentication Vulnerability Allowed Thousands of Accounts to be Exposed Your email has been sent Hackers managed to expose “a few thousand” accounts by circumventing the verification ...

You may purchase a second-hand Android phone or use a friend's or relative's phone for the time being but encounter an issue to bypass the Google account verification after resetting. And if you ...