2SV has always been optional, but Google is slowly making it a mandatory feature. By the end of the year, Google intends to enable the 2SV feature on 150 million user accounts. According to him, the strongest protection can be obtained by attaching "something we know" (like a password) and "something we have" (like a cellphone or security key ).
Furthermore, starting November 1, 2021, Google will also require 2SV activation for the 2 million creators who are members of the YouTube Partner Program. If 2SV isn't enabled, they won't be able to access YouTube Studio.
Google did not forget to remind that they also have a password manager feature that is integrated into Chrome. So instead of creating a password that is too simple to be easy to remember, we can take advantage of this feature to compose complex passwords, then store them securely.
Chrome's default password manager is also available on iOS, and users can use it to input saved passwords ( autofill ) in various other applications. In the near future, iOS device users will also be able to use this feature to generate passwords for various apps, just like how it works on Android devices.
Finally, Google also highlighted a feature called Inactive Account Manager , which has actually been around since 2013. This feature is basically useful for determining the fate of Google accounts that we no longer use.
You are free to determine how long it will take before Google finally marks your account as inactive; whether 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, or 18 months. After that, you can choose up to 10 people to be notified when your Google account is deactivated, and if necessary, they can also be given access to some of the data stored in your account.
The final step is to determine whether the deactivated Google account needs to be permanently deleted or left alone. The new deletion will take place three months after the account is marked as inactive, so the previously selected contact will still have time to download the stored content.
