Diane, The "stay signed in" option is not specific to 2-step Verification. It has always been an option when you signed into your Google Account. You selected that option originally which is why it does not ask for your password each time you go into Gmail.
Jeff On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 12:50 PM, DEP/Dodo <depfah...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yikes, Marko! This is the first I've learned about a "stay signed in" > option. Is there also an explanation available at that point in 2-Step as > to what this option means? Without *your* description, I don't know what > I would have done. Can you fly out to CA and look over my shoulder when I > finally enable 2-Step in case I run into any othe unexpected info? > > I just re-read your first two sentences. New confusion. Please see below. > > *~Diane* > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 3:46 AM, Marko Vukovic <marko.vuko...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> Signing in/out in this sense relates to your Google account. >> The 'stay signed in' checkbox means that when you open Gmail, it simply >> opens to your Inbox without asking for anything. >> *But you just wrote that signing in/out relates to my Google >> acccount. Now it seems you are saying it applies to opening Gmail. ???* >> >> When you enable 2-step, you will have to enter your password, and then >> also the 2-step code. If you check both 'stay signed in' and then also >> 'trust this computer' then it will work as before. >> *"As before"** means to me no password to get into Gmail or any >> Google groups (as this one if I choose to visit it on its actual site >> rather than my Gmail) or the calendar or . . . But 2-Step requires a >> password to get into--what?* >> >> > >> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 at 12:33, DEP/Dodo <depfah...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 3:04 AM, Marko Vukovic <marko.vuko...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> No, my trusted computer is behaving as before. I entered the password >>>> and checked the 'stay signed in' checkbox then entered the 2-step code >>>> once, checking the 'always trust' checkbox and haven't been asked for >>>> anything since. >>>> >>> -- > 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 gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 gmail-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to gmail-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
