Hi, Jeff: Marko was the first to find information that verif. codes could be sent *by voice* to my landline, and I have provided that info via screen shot in at least one of these messages. I'll attach it again.
To answer your question (definitely a good one): " How can you use 2 step verification with that laptop if you want to use your home phone as the place to receive your verification code? You wouldn't be home to get the verification code which means you would not be able to log into Gmail or your Google account at all." I was going to set up 2-step while at home to be able to get the verif. code by voice on my home phone. Then I was going to drop the verif. code step. As Kenneth wrote: " . . . 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." Am I still missing something, Jeff? *~Diane* On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Jeff Grossman <[email protected]> wrote: > Diane, > As Kenneth stated below I would not turn on 2 step verification until you > can get verification codes on your cell phone. That is what you need to > accomplish first before you even start thinking about 2 step verification. > I have been reading all of the messages in this thread. I have a question > for you. You state that you are trying to use your home phone to get the > verification code but unable to. With 2 step verification why would you > want to tie it to your home phone? You mentioned there is a laptop that > you sometimes take mobile with you. > > How can you use 2 step verification with that laptop if you want to use > your home phone as the place to receive your verification code? You > wouldn't be home to get the verification code which means you would not be > able to log into Gmail or your Google account at all. I think the whole > purpose of 2 step verification is to use your cell phone which you will > probably always have with you as the 2nd form of verification besides the > password that you type in. > > Jeff > > On 7/19/2015 9:19 PM, Kenneth Ayers wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 8:39 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. >> > > No, you can't bite the bullet and activate 2 step verification because > you have no way of receiving verification codes. You need to solve that > before you can do anything else. Verizon has plans with free text > messaging. In fact I think all their plans have free text messaging. The > plan you were grandfathered into sounds like some archaic and obsolete plan > and it's holding you back. You need to put that plan to rest. > > >> This seems doable because I understand I can subsequently cancel this >> protection if I choose. >> > > Yes, you can turn off 2 step verification at any time. > > >> Let me try clarifying (again) something: Let's say I activate 2-step >> on my Computer A. >> > > Maybe just semantics, but you don't activate 2 step verification on > Computer A. You activate it on your Google account. You may be typing from > Computer A when you activate it but it establishes 2 step verification on > your account which affects any future login attempt at Computer A or B or > anywhere else. > > > 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? >> > > Not necessarily each time but at least the first time. If you then tell > Google not to require verification codes anymore from whichever computer > you're logging in at, then it will no longer be required from that > computer. But if you don't exempt a computer from requiring verification > codes then, yes, each login attempt at that computer will require > verification codes. > > >> 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.) >> > > Yes. the exemption from verification codes would need to be granted one > time from each computer for which you want to grant that exemption. > > Actually this exemption may not be eternal. If Google believes that > suspicious activity is occurring somewhere in the world with your account > or perhaps not your account specifically but just an increased threat level > in general, Google may decide to once again make you re-enter verification > codes on computers for which you've already granted the verification > exemption. So then you'd just need to enter a verification code again on > the computer you had already trusted and then, again, tell Google not to > require codes anymore on that computer. It may be a nuisance but it's for > your protection. > > >> >> 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? >> > > No, if you relax the security for a particular computer so that only > passwords are required then only passwords are required for that particular > computer. > > >> >> Thank you for your patience! >> >> *~Diane* >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 19, 2015 at 7:37 PM, Kenneth Ayers < <[email protected]> >> [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]> >> [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to <[email protected]> >> [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Kenneth > > -- > 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. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/gmail-users/vPDZi_T4-E8/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. 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