I think this is a step too far

Selected answers from the Dumb SEO Questions Facebook & G+ community.

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  Jim Munro: I think this is a step too far.
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  Jim Munro: I think this is a step too far.
  
  2-step Verification is convenient to use and every user should take advantage of the higher level of account protection.
  
  Maybe I am misunderstanding this article, I am happy to be wrong, but it seems to me that this is a proprietary solution that Google has "gone it alone" on. That's not useful, Google.
  
  I'm still certain that 2 step authentication  ;is the first thing every user should implement but I'm equally certain that implementing anything that works only on Google is a bad thing.
  
  Do you trust Google? I used to but I don't any more. What we see today is not the organisation that we all fell in love with.
  
  via +Masatake Wasa ;
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  Masatake Wasa: As far as I know, it's part of ;https://fidoalliance.org and not proprietary. There are various manufacturers of keys, such as https://www.yubico.com/2014/10/google-releases-support-fido-u2f-security-key/. Would be useful for things like online banking.
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  Edwin Jonk: From the expert panel in this weeks SEO Questions hangout on air on 01:57:58 into the YouTube video: https://dumbseoquestions.com/q/i_think_this_is_a_step_too_far +Jim Munro
  
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