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But when your email app tries to connect to the Internet, well, there’s no Web page involved. Two-step verification works great when you’re accessing a Web page, like Gmail, iCloud, or Yahoo. Now comes a tedious series of steps that none of these companies ever explain. Google Reconnect your apps and devices screen

Click your Apple ID (the email address below your photo). Click your name in the top-right corner from the shortcut menu, choose Account Settings. Turn on two-factor authentication for iCloud The process is a little different for various services, so let’s start with the big one in the news: Apple’s iCloud.

It’s a lot of steps, but they’re not difficult - and this is a one-time deal. Ready? You may as well turn it on right now. In fact, you’ll probably be surprised at how rarely you ever encounter the cellphone code. The second beauty of it: You won’t have to mess with the cellphone code again, at least on that new laptop. So unless the hacker also has your cellphone, he won’t get into your account. It’s a machine the service (like Google) has never seen before. That’s the first beauty of it: A hacker’s computer looks just like a new laptop to the service you’re logging in to. If you have both your password and this short-term code, the service is twice as sure you are legit, because you know your password, and you have your personal phone (which you have previously registered to your account). And each code you get sent is only valid for a few minutes at a time. The first time you try to log into your existing Gmail account, Yahoo account, or iCloud account, the website sends a text message to your cellphone, containing a code like “02394.” You’re not allowed to access your account from the new laptop without your password and that code. But it can stop a lot of other hackers from getting into your account, even if they manage to get your password. No, it wouldn’t have helped Jennifer Lawrence. Just goes to show you how much misinformation and confusion surrounds two-factor authentication.Īs it turns out, two-factor or two-step authentication provides a lot of protection against your account getting hacked. Who’d want to have to enter two passwords at every login?Īnd what happens if you don’t have your phone with you? Or don’t own a cellphone at all? Bloomberg describes it this way: “After a password is entered, an additional code will be sent to a person’s mobile phone.” Second, two-factor authentication sounds like a royal pain. Apple and Google call it “two-step verification,” which is one step in the right direction.