Headline Nov. 16/ ''' GOOGLE GARNISH GOOGLE '''

''' GOOGLE GARNISH GOOGLE '''

STUDENTS ALL  - *YOU GIRLS*-  You all, -never live your life, never  leave home without registering on your real and total protection-

THE WORLD STUDENTS SOCIETY -FOR every conceivable subject in the world. !WOW!  belongs to every single one of you : One Share-Piece-Peace. 

HOW DO YOU THE GREAT STUDENTS  of the world use technology in your daily lives, in your personal lives?

Merium, Rabo, Haleema, Malala,  Saima, Sarah, Seher, Eman, Zilli,Zara, Armeen, Zainab, Lakshmi, Suzy. Aqsa, Hera Umair,   Dantini/Malaysia- Paras, Sorat- Shahbano? Sanyia? Tooba?

Hussain, Shahzaib, Jordan, Wajahat, Salar, Bilal, Umair, Hyder, Vishnu, Ali, Azeem, Mustafa,  Ibrahim,  Faraz, Umer, Toby/China, Zaeem. Zain/US Reza/Canada?

And Little Angels : Maynah, Maria, Ibrahim, Unysah,  Harem, Hannyia, Merium. 

GOOGLE KEYS WOULD provide some protection against others getting access to your lost phone or entering through a data breach with a stolen password.

On a computer and a smartphone you need to log in with the key only once, and Google will remember the devices for future logins. That is more convenient than traditional two-factor authentication, which requires entering a unique code each time you log in

But there are trade-offs. Google's Advanced Protection cut offs all third party access by default, allowing only applications that support its security keys.

For the time being, that means only Google's Gmail mail app, Google's Backup and Sync app, and Google's Chrome browser.

On an iPhone for example, you would have to use Google's Gmail or Inbox apps for email, and on a computer, you could use only the Chrome browser.

So if you rely on Apple Mail  to gain access to your Gmail on an iPhone, or if you use Microsoft Outlook for getting into Gmail on a PC, you're out of luck. 

Google says its goal is to eventually allow third-party apps to work with the program, but it is also up to other companies to update their apps to support the keys.

TESTING THE SECURITY : Despite the draw-backs, security researchers agree that the  Advanced Protection Program is a solid piece of security and relatively painless to use, even for everyday use for people outside high-security jobs.

Mr. Sabin a former N.S.A. hacker, who is now director of network security at GRA Quantum, a security consulting firm, said the physical keys had pros and cons. One one hand, if you lose a key, a hacker would have a hard time figuring out which account it was associated with.

On the other hand, if you lose the keys or don't have the keys around when you need to log in to a new device, it takes longer to regain access to your account.

Google has put in place more elaborate recovery steps for Advanced Protection users, including additional reviews and requests for details about why users have lost access to their account.

In our test, we answered security questions to try to recover an account, and Google said it would review the recovery request and respond within a few days.

Rana Sandvik, the director of security at New York Times, said the keys were not much of a hassle. She said Google's requirement of using two keys meant you essentially have a spare :

If you lose one key, you can get into your account with the remaining key.  

But she noted that the keys could be annoying if you used many devices and constantly needed to carry the keys around to log in to your account.

That may be an issue for people who work in the technology industry, but most people probably use only one computer and one phone.

Ms. Sandvik, who has been testing Google's program to assess whether to recommend it to newsroom, said she had not yet discovered vulnerabilities in the security key system outside of the slim possibility that a hacker gained possession of both your passwords and your key.

''It's something that is relatively easy to set up once you have both keys,'' Ms. Sandvik said. ''I don't see a reason you shouldn't turn this on.''

THE BOTTOM LINE While the security keys are easy to set up and provide tough security, they may be disruptive to your productivity if you rely on apps that are incompatible with the keys.

It took a few minutes for us to migrate to Google's apps from Apple's and integrate them into our newsroom workflow, which already relies on Google's mail, messaging and cloud storage services.

But using the keys required sacrificing an important feature -Apple's V.I.P. alerts, which notify you when people you deem important email you.

Google's iOS apps for Gmail and Inbox lack a similar feature. Few people with flooded inboxes, lacking V.I.O, alerts makes sitting through emails time consuming.

Another example of how keys stifle productivity : Many employers still require using the  Microsoft Outlook app for email, which won't work with the keys. 

With respectful and loving dedication to all the Parents, Students of the world, and then Professors and Teachers. See Ya all on !WOW!  -the World Students Society and Twitter-!E-WOW! -the Ecosystem 2011:

''' Tech Tangles '''

Good Night and God Bless

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