Use Google 2-Step Verification, To Protect Your Blogger / Google Account - And Your Blogs

Our Blogger accounts, and blogs, are under persistent attack by some rather nasty Internet users.

Hackers, using other peoples computers, are constantly attempting to "guess" our Blogger passwords, and take control of our Blogger accounts and blogs. Blogger accounts are particularly vulnerable to attack, because too many blog owners

• Reveal their account names (email addresses) to the world.
• Base their passwords upon real life details.
• Publish blogs, where their real life details are visible to the world.

Some blog owners think that by using only one computer forever, they should be able to register that one computer as theirs, and require Google to simply deny access to their Blogger / Google accounts, from any other computer. This is a very simple solution - and it's one which is doomed to failure.

Google knows that even the most careful person will periodically use a different computer - or possibly forget their Blogger account name and / or password.

Rather than attempt to restrict us to using one single computer, for eternity, Google gives us an option to use a previously registered telephone as an authentication token, whenever we use a different computer. The telephone can use either text or voice, and provide us with a one use passcode, to enter after we successfully enter our account name and password.

This is not a foolproof solution.

• Some people will not want to provide their phone number, to Google.
• This strategy will only work with a preregistered phone - and registration can only be done when we are logged in to Google.
• If the pre registered phone uses text (a smart phone / mobile computer), it will be usable only where cellular service is available.
• If the pre registered phone uses voice, it will be usable only as well as we understand computer synthesised "speech".
• In either case, in some cases, stress will contribute to the possibility of making a mistake.
• Since a pre registered phone is required, we will be able to use this only as long as we carry our smart phone - or login from a pre determined location.

However, if we can deal with the above drawbacks, we have a much better chance of keeping our Blogger accounts and blogs under our control. Very few hackers, having successfully provided our account name and password, will be able to immediately use a pre registered telephone, to accept a one time use passcode.

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