You can click on the blue link that says – Click here if you are unable to scan the barcode…– if you don’t have a camera or there is some other problem. As is explained clearly on the tab, you have to open the Google Authenticator app (which you installed in the first step) on your mobile device and scan the bar code that is displayed. You enter into the Google Authenticator tab inside your LastPass settings page. Browse to this LastPass page and log in with your credentials. Download and install the Google Authenticator app on your mobile device. Setting Up Google Authenticator with LastPass See the aforementioned Google Authenticator link for download and installation instructions. The Google Authenticator app is available for Android, iOS, and Blackberry. This unique code is the second layer of security after your username and password. Basically, Google Authenticator uses a mobile app that generates a security code even if you mobile device does not have an internet connection. Google Authenticator and its 2-step verification process has been a part of Google services for some time. Multi-factor authentication is the norm now. How to Add Country Based Logging Restriction to LastPass.How to Add Extra Security to Your Passwords With LastPass Grid Authentication.To add to all the other security barriers, LastPass has tried to make itself more impregnable by adding Google Authenticator support. LastPass as we have seen with our numerous previous articles, is definitely among the top-tier applications when it comes to password management.

Yes, we are living in paranoid times and it is always wise to batten down the stable door. Especially, if it is a cloud based password manager like LastPass. Anything that has to do with passwords and password management requires as many layers of security as you can wrap around it.

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