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How does Google two-auth factor work?

I'd like to turn on Google's two authentication factor on but first I'd like to understand how it works. Specifically I'd like to use the Google app for smartphones (btw I checked the FAQ and this is ...
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Is Google's 2-step verification less secure with application-specific passwords?

When using Google's 2-step verification with services that can't use it, such as mail clients on smartphones and desktops, the solution is to create application-specific passwords for those services. ...
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How can I prevent Google Street View from tracking my location?

Since a Google Street View car has passed by my neighborhood, it has associated my wireless router's MAC address to its geographical address. The problem is that my address can be easily obtained by ...
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Why is Google prompting me with Captchas?

Why is Google prompting me with Captchas? I turned on urlsnooper2 and found this (below). I don't know why my computer would request any of it. What I changed in the past few days is: Reformatted ...
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How do I disable location services system wide?

Google has an API which can determine someone's location based on the wifi router names which a user's computer can see. You will see this if you go to google maps and your browser may ask if you ...
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Recent IE vulnerability and google. How?

So, there's a huge hole in the wild about IE. Normally I would not be interested, as I don't use IE, but in this case, I'm not able to understand the connection between the IE hole and the chinese ...
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What is 1e100.net and why do I have TCP ports open to it?

I see my PC has TCP connections open to 1e100.net. Looking at the content this seems to be a Chinese site and I immediately feared the worst re viruses/malware. Then I checked the whois record and ...
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How secure is Time Machine/FileVault/Dropbox/Google?

Lately, I have been somewhat preoccupied with the security of my computer. Not that I had actually anything to hide, but I just do not want anyone pilfering my data. So, I set up FileVault in OSX, ...