Thank you for the time you spent providing me so much information, Kenneth. I think, however, you have misunderstood some of what I've written. I am going to address these in bold next to your actual comments below, starting with a question in your first paragraph.
*~Diane* On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > Diane, > > Account recovery options are there to help you regain access to your > account in case you either forget your password or lose access to your > account. > *What might cause an inability to access one's own account?* > As the security page says, > > *Account recovery options* > *If you forget your password or cannot access your account, we will use > this information to help you get back in.* > So saying you don't need account recovery options setup because you don't > plan to lose access to your account is a bit naive. Sometimes things > happen. What will you do if you try logging into your account one day and > it doesn't accept your password? Having account recovery options setup is > like having insurance. You don't plan on using it but you'll be glad to > have it when you need it. > *I do not recall saying I don't need account recovery options or that > I don't plan to lose access to my account. Well, actually, I don't "plan" > to lose access to my account; however, I **don't think I made such > statements. ??? I am curious as to the how/why of why my password > wouldn't be accepted.* > > As for 2 step verification, it's not about making it more difficult for > you to login to your own computer. You'll need to use it at least once on > your own computer to login but there should be an option that appears > saying something like "don't ask for codes anymore on this computer." > You'll still have 2 step verification enabled but you won't need to use it > again until you go to some other computer or device to login, > *Yes, I understand the foregoing. Again, I didn't suggest 2-step > verification was to make it more difficult for me.* > > But the point I think you're missing about 2 step verification is this. > Suppose some unknown hacker is able to determine your password somehow. Now > from their own computer on the other side of the world perhaps, they're > about to login to your account using your password. But if you have 2 step > verification setup, they'll enter the password but it won't be enough. > They'll see a message saying that they need to also enter the code that was > sent to the phone number registered to the account. So unless they also > managed to steal your phone, they won't be able to login. And I believe > you'll get some notification that someone tried to login to your account > from some device and that will give you the clue to change your password. > *I also understand the foregoing. Not just a hacker, but even I will > be required to provide more than my password if **I try to get into my > account from a different computer.* > > > As for using a landline phone for verification, I don't know if that works > as advertised. But did you try entering your cell phone? Are you sure you > won't receive a text message if one is sent to you? And why not upgrade to > a phone that does get text messages? Seems like it would be more difficult > to maintain a non-texting cell phone than to get one that does accept text > messages. > *Yes, my dumbphone does not text.** I have no problems with it; it > does precisely what I want/need at this time.* > > > Kenneth > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 10:29 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Something just occurred to me. As I mentioned, there is one computer in >> particular I was thinking of for 2-step verif. It was also my plan to opt >> only for the step that requires me to input my password. Therefore, that >> makes moot my concern about having an alternate e-mail account for recovery >> purposes. Or does it? >> >> *~Diane* >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I would think so but why not just go and check? Go to your account >>> security options and click on recovery email and see if it's something you >>> can edit. >>> >>> Also, since you confirmed that you can login to your sbcglobal email, >>> you might want to consider disabling the auto-forwarding for your sbcglobal >>> email account. Then it really will be an alternate email account that you >>> can use for account recovery. >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 8:24 PM DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, Kenneth: >>>> >>>> I just checked and found I *can* log into sbcglobal and view e-mails >>>> there. It appears, however, the only way I can check to see if >>>> auto-forwarding deletes the original copies is to test it out. If it turns >>>> out the originals are deleted, can I then go back into 2-step verification >>>> and change the email address to use? I would think so but would like a >>>> more definitive answer. >>>> >>>> As always, thank you. >>>> >>>> *~Diane* >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
