for the verification code, I opened the Google Authenticator app to copy the code. When I switched back to Gmail app, it would reset and I had to enter the email id and password again, by that time though the code would expire. But I guess Google fixed it and I haven't switched back. The upside is that once you enable this, your email becomes extremely secure, to the point that you can (and I regularly do) email yourself highly sensitive data like passwords and logins to other sites you visit so you can easily retrieve them later. Please don't say this. Email itself isn't secure. Unless you're encrypting the contents or it's going over https all the time, emailing passwords is a really bad idea. I have used it since it became available and it has worked great! And I try to market it as much as I can to friends and family and everyone I meet in anyway I can! Like sending this post to anyone I know with a GMail account. Doesn't the https only protect the connection to the website from WiFi hackers (so they can't get your password)? Unless I'm mistaken, this won't protect the contents of your emails are this is still sent unencrypted, right? So you shouldn't be sending confidential information over email, even if it's to yourself. First of all, people who actually give a **** about their security will not give their cell phone number to google, and would have nuked