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Shahukaar

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Shahukaar··on Google Rolls Out Two-Factor Authentication For Everyone.
It is important to distinguish between active and passive attacks.

The verification code generated is valid only for a very short time - so unless the hacker phishes the code, and uses it within 10s of seconds, the code is not valid.