It is often said that there is little care in protecting sensitive data or access to accounts. And Google wants to make sure no one else has access to your account. gmail other than the user and thus strengthened the authentication system with a new layer of protection.
The system is being rolled out to all users over the next few weeks. This additional user authenticity verification step will be triggered when you try to do some actions, such as adding a forwarded address or when editing Gmail filters, to ensure that these actions are not performed by malicious third parties. For example, to prevent filters being created by a hacker to forward emails to new addresses without the user noticing.
No blog from Google, specific situations of the performance of the new verification layer are explained. Creating filters, but also importing or editing filters. When it detects the addition of a new forwarding address in the “Forwarding and POP/IMAP” settings. And also the options for IMAP access authorization from settings.
See examples of security actions in the gallery:
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As you can see in the images, when these actions are carried out, Google will evaluate the actions of access attempts and if it considers that there is a risk, the account verification system will promptly appear. The user will be asked if he recognizes the equipment where the attempts to change the settings are being made.
Here a second verification element, such as a two-factor verification code, comes into play. If this authentication fails, because the user is not executing it, he will receive a notification with a “critical security alert” on his secure equipment. If not detected, the user is only alerted that another device is trying to make the change, which must confirm that it is the user and device in question.
It should be noted that according to technology, this additional protection for Gmail will be available to all Google Workspace customers and people with Google accounts and identities provided by the company.
