![]() The worry, usually, is what if my google account is compromised while my phone is in the wrong hands? What if I need to urgently transact some businesses on my email but I can’t get in? What if you are on a trip to a different country where your provider is not present and your network provider is saying you have to physically visit a service centre to get verified on the National Identity Number (NIN) platform before getting your SIM? The implication is that you are locked out… and in the cold! Well, in Nigeria, this takes a process that will have you visit the offices of your provider to get a SIM swap. If you’re wondering, “what about retrieving my SIM pack from my network operator and using it on another device to access my google account?”. ![]() However, most google users on the 2-FA security layer had never activated this option. The only other option left for you is for you to use your Security Keys. You cannot access the authenticator app code that would be sent to the same missing phone. You tried the Google Prompt, but you needed to tap YES on your missing phone to sign in. Then you think of the most basic solution – reset your google account password, but the One Time Password (OTP) is sent to your missing phone via your SIM. Still, you needed to be signed in to your google account to ring your phone via the app, so you tried to log in to your google only to realise that you need your missing phone to authenticate your access to your phone. Your phone gets missing, and you rushed to your laptop and got to the ingenious google find-my-phone app. The 2-Step Verification (also known as 2 Factor Authentication or 2FA) is an optional system in which you can add an extra layer of security to your account by taking advantage of components that are unique to oneself ![]() It is very possible to be so vulnerable and helpless despite having the two-factor authentication security layer set up on your google account (or for the fact that you do have it set up)– if the unexpected happens and you have no access to your registered phone.
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