Google Security Engineer Grzegorz Milka recently spoke about research carried out in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, concerning the process in which accounts become compromised, Gizmodo reports. The research, conducted between March 2016 and March 2017, found 67 million valid Google account credentials on black markets. While Google takes steps to ensure user safety, including two-factor authentication, the company estimates less than 10 percent of it’s users have this enabled. “The question is, why wouldn’t we make two-factor authentication mandatory?” Milka asked. “The answer is usability. In the end, we want people to use their accounts. How many people would we drive out of using Google accounts if we force them to use additional security?”
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