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That was my first thought too -- it seems profound, although it's difficult to articulate why. It's not like high-profile individuals have special security pro
by jordanpg 7y ago
That was my first thought too -- it seems profound, although it's difficult to articulate why. It's not like high-profile individuals have special security protocols available to them. Just the same password/2FA like the rest of us proles.
On the other hand, it did make me consider that there are some accounts that could be compromised that would be very significant: Trump.
- beardog 7y agoAlthough technically available to anyone, Google has an "advanced protection program" for highly targeted accounts. It has the follow (may have missed some) effects on your account: * locked to 2fa with security keys * limiting the set of apps that can access account data * better scrutinized account reset - i assume this means it makes your account more resistant to phishing on Google employee's part. https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/ Its nice that Google apparently makes this available to anyone who is willing to buy the security keys. It would be nice if all major social media services had such a program.
- drivebycomment 7y agoYeah. At this point, any identity provider that doesn't support FIDO u2f is either incompetent or negligent or both.
- hermitdev 7y agoNot sure if this falls into the advanced protection for Google, but about a year or two ago, got a notification of a suspicious login from Moscow (I'm from the US and have never travelled out of North America). Promptly changed my password.
- perl4ever 7y ago"there are some accounts that could be compromised that would be very significant" Trump? I'm not really being facetious when I ask what difference it could possibly make. Of course, sometimes his tweets do appear to move the stock market, but still.