You are correct about my confusion, Kenneth. I can't even articulate what I'm still not "getting." One way to get around this is bite the bullet and activate 2-step verif. and see directly how it works. This seems doable because I understand I can subsequently cancel this protection if I choose. Let me try clarifying (again) something: Let's say I activate 2-step on my Computer A. Whenever I log into Gmail or some other Google-related program from that computer (A) *or* my Computer B *or* my Computer C *or* a friend's computer, each time I will be required to input my password *and* a verification code? I can also subsequently opt to not receive a verif. code but use only my password, and this would need to be done one time from *each* computer I access to get into Google? (Again, I could learn the answers to this by just turning on 2-step, but I'm not that brave--yet.)
You mentioned "the computer in [my] own locked home." My own computer safely at home does not guarantee it can't be hacked. If I relax the security on any/all of my computers in my locked home, the hacker still has to deal with both steps of verification, correct? Thank you for your patience! *~Diane* On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > But now it comes to the point where I think you're getting confused. Your > account is now protected everywhere but if you're reasonably certain that > the computer in your own locked home is unlikely to be stolen by someone > who also knows your password, you may opt to let Google know that you're > willing to relax the security on that particular computer and not require > verification codes there in the future. You'd still have to enter a > verification code for that computer at least once but you can then select > to let Google know that you don't want to be asked for verification codes > there anymore. 2 step verification is still in effect for your account, not > disabled in any way, it's just that Google will allow you to make your own > computer exempt from requiring verification codes at login. > > -- 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.
