Google has just loaned Android – do it on your phone now

Google’s Android locking is now in flight, as the mobile operating system formerly Footloose becomes more and more like the iPhone plus buttoned. Whether he is tightening on laterian phones or older phones or poor -quality applications or stolen aircraft, the narrowing of the security and confidentiality gap in Apple seems to have become the main objective.

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And it is therefore with the last revelation, first spotted by 9TO5GOOGLEwith a major change at Google Invite It checks “it’s you” when you log into your account on your phone. “Google invite is a fairly good 2 -factor authentication option (2FA) for the vast majority of users, Google now adding the fingerprint or authentication of the pins to the process. In the past few days, we started to Note an additional step after pressing “Yes, it’s me” on the full screen “try to connect” Google invites “.

This security faces your Google account and saves the safety of simple devices with something more robust when you access your account itself or by doing a sensitive task. The idea – as for other defenses such as the protection of the flight – is this simple control over a device through a stolen pin is not enough to make the most serious damage.

According to Android authority“Whenever other steps are added to a process, you can expect this process to take a little more time. Fortunately, something like scanning your finger or entering your spindle can be done fairly quickly. A few additional seconds is a fair trade for an additional safety layer. »»

And although this happens on your Android phone gracious from Google Play Services Version 25.02.34, iPhone users are not exempt. “Google on iOS account users should also start to see the change”, ” Android authority said. “Instead of reading services, the Google or Gmail application is responsible for the prompt on iOS.”

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Google “recommends Google prompts instead of SMS verification codes (SMS)”, since an ecosystem of connected trust device with biometric safety is much more secure than any form of 2FA messages combined with a username and password. This is the same reason why Passkeys is ready to become the norm.

The invite method can also provide messages on other connected devices when an attempt at liaison is made, allowing much faster locking in the event of an unauthorized attempt. The last security update should be greeted by all.