You Can Now Use Your Android Phone as a 2FA Security Key for Google Accounts

'Google said today it will now enable Android users to use their
smartphones as a Fast Identity Online (FIDO) security key (for
two-step authentication) for their Google accounts, thereby addressing
one of the biggest challenges that has slowed the adoption of this
security measure: convenience. A report adds:

You can thus use your Android phone to protect your personal Google
account, and your G Suite, Cloud Identity, and Google Cloud Platform
work accounts. (Android tablets aren't supported -- Google
specifically limited the functionality since users are more likely to
have phones with them.) This means Android phones can move from
two-step verification (2SV) to two-factor authentication (2FA). 2SV is
a method of confirming a user's identity using something they know
(password) and a second thing they know (a code sent via text
message). 2FA is a method of confirming a user's identity by using a
combination of two different factors: something they know (password),
something they have (security key), or something they are
(fingerprint).

The feature is coming only to Android devices versions 7 and up.'

-- source: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/04/10/1621253

Cheers, Peter
-- 
Peter Reutemann
Dept. of Computer Science
University of Waikato, NZ
+64 (7) 858-5174
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