Authentication – Google Safety Centre (2024)

Strong passwords help keep you safe

Choosing strong, unique passwords for your online accounts is an important step in keeping your personal information private, but the majority of people say they use the same, weak password across multiple sites, increasing the vulnerability of those accounts.

Google’s Password Manager helps you create strong passwords

Built into Chrome and Android, Google’s Password Manager creates, securely saves and fills in passwords for all of your online accounts.

Automatic Password Alerts help keep your passwords safe

Every day, new data breaches publicly expose millions of usernames and passwords. Google monitors for compromised passwords, so if any of your saved passwords have been found to be involved in a data breach, we’ll automatically alert you.

When it comes to fixing compromised passwords, speed matters. Chrome is rolling out a quick fix feature: It can flag your compromised passwords and with the help of Google Assistant, change them for you with a single tap.

2-Step Verification provides a second layer of sign-in security

Phone-based authentication is simple and secure

Using a tangible form of authentication when signing in to your online accounts, such as your phone, is proven to be far more secure than a password, which can easily be compromised. This is why no one is doing more than we are to advance alternative modes of authentication. With Google prompt, a simple tap will authenticate your account.

Making account security more seamless than ever

We’re also building advanced security technologies into devices – like security keys on Android and the Google Smart Lock app on iOS – to make authentication seamless and even more secure than a password. Soon, we’ll start automatically enrolling users in 2-Step Verification if they have a recovery phone or email on their account. Check your account with Security Check-Up.

The safer way to sign in to your favourite apps and services

When signing in to your online accounts, you shouldn’t have to trade security for convenience. You can use your Google Account to more safely and easily sign in to thousands of sites and services across the web while maintaining transparent privacy options in one place.

Safely sign in anywhere, with just a tap

We combine Google’s industry-leading security with ultimate convenience to help protect your personal information on other accounts. Sign in with Google authenticates you uniquely for each service. So, even if there is a data breach on any of the sites or services that you use, your personal information on all other accounts stays safe from hackers.

More control over your accounts and connections

You can view and manage how you use Sign in with Google, right in your Google Account. It allows you to manage or revoke access to any connected account – all in one place – which keeps you in total control.