Originally Posted by
Andrew Brehm I can open Gmail from any computer. I think it does send a notification to my Android phone. But the site works when I am away from my phone. Same with outlook.com.
If I don’t have my iPhone with the Google Authenticator app on it with me, I can’t access Gmail or any other Google services.
Same goes for Hotmail and some other apps I have on my phone.
2FA is meant to make it impossible for people without access to the iPhone to access your account, be it Apple, Google or some other service.
If you by any chance don’t have your iPhone with you, you can’t prove it’s you that wants access.
Yes, 2FA is highly inconvenient if you don’t have the authenticator app or iPhone with you, but sure
is much safer than not having 2FA enabled.