Kenneth, thank you for that information! I am relieved to learn it, particularly with all the problems I've had merely setting up 2-step verif. Others' comments had led me to think otherwise. However, I'm deferring to *you*!
*~Diane* “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” ~ Albert Einstein On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:55 AM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> wrote: > Diane, > > When you turn on 2 step verification, it is enabled everywhere. > > The only thing to consider for IE on your computer is whether or not you > want to stop requiring verification codes for that browser, i.e., whether > you want Google to accept that you trust login attempts from that browser. > > If you're not using IE to login to your Google account then don't bother > to trust it. You don't need to establish that browser trust for a browser > you don't use. If anything you want to minimize the number of > browsers/computers you trust to match only those that you actually use.. > > The fact that you use sbcglobal.net from that browser is irrelevant. > That's logging into your sbcglobal.net account, not logging into your > Google account. > > Kenneth > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 10:41 PM DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Very good question for me to consider, Kenneth. I have loggged into >> Google via both browsers only lately to experiment. Your last sentence is >> very helpful to me. But it brings up a new question. My recovery e-mail >> address is the *sbcglobal.net <http://sbcglobal.net> * one I have >> mentioned previously. It's easiest for me to access it via IE than FF. I >> won't go into what I think is the reason. Anyway, I think that indicates >> that I should set up 2-step for my account in IE. >> >> *~Diane* >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 7:55 AM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Diane, >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 11:26 PM, Diane <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone: >>>> >>>> It has been suggested to me that if I really want to trust a computer, >>>> I will have to sign into my Google account from all of the browsers that my >>>> computer has. I *occasionally* use IE and FF. Should I do that? >>>> >>> >>> But do you occasionally use IE and FF to access Gmail or Google groups >>> or anything else that requires you to be logged into Google? If not then >>> there's no point in signing in just for the sake of establishing trust on >>> those browsers. >>> >>> 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. >> > -- > > Regards, > > Kenneth > > > -- > 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. 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.
