Google Will Retool User Security in Wake of Political Hack
Having a high-security option will be useful for more than executives and politicians.  Lawyers, doctors, Equifax employees — anybody who touches highly sensitive data will benefit.<p>Email is used as a privilege escalation path to pwn almost every other service we use.  And we&#x27;re finding that 2FA isn&#x27;t the ultimate answer — OTPs are easy to phish, SMS can be socially engineered around without much difficulty, etc.  As the value of digital data keeps going up, the sophistication of hacking groups and governments has gone up as well.<p>A highly secure browser connecting to an account with limited API access using a physical token is an excellent step.  I&#x27;ll buy it myself if it isn&#x27;t obscenely expensive.