USB Security Key for Google Accounts

A USB key that improves the security of your Gmail and Google Accounts.

Link: http://www.labnol.org/?p=28868

The plug-n-play YubiKey works with Windows, Mac and Linux computers and require no set up or drivers.

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hello this is a matter of visual
inspiration and in today's episode I'll
show you a USB key that will help
protect your gmail and google account
but before we do that let's rewind a bit
so few hours ago the only way to secure
online accounts was for password that
was obviously risky because if somebody
could test it password they would have
access to your account then companies
like Google and Microsoft a direct
effect of authentication and that added
a layer of security to your accounts so
you have to type your password like
before but you also have to type of code
that would arrive on your mobile phone
before you were locked in this plastic
really improve the security of online
accounts but they were obviously a few
drawbacks for instance there is a
possibility that the verification codes
may not arrive on your mobile.phone
especially when you're outside the
coverage area also if you're working
with multiple Google accounts it is
always a pain if you have to wait four
chords and then type them each time you
log into a different account in your
browser so as an alternative what we can
use this USB key when you're logging
into any google account just type in the
username and password as before but
instead of waiting for the verification
goes to arrive on your mobile.phone this
plug-in this USB key into any of the
available USB port on the computer the
system that instantly log you in without
you having to type any courts it's
extremely convenient let me show you a
quick demo so this is the login screen
of my google account and as you can see
that that I've already plugged in the
USB key now the first thing that I'll do
is our type in my google user name as
well as password and then click the Sign
In button so it is now asking me to
insert the security key now i already
have that in my computer so i just go to
the king and you can see that it's
blinking that means it's waiting for
user input so i'll have to do is that
this golden button and as soon as I do
that automatically get logged into my
google account without having to type
any verification courts
this is not only convenient but i can
also attach multiple Google accounts to
the same USB key thanks