In plain English
The key idea is that the device has already been verified as linked to one person's identity. For that person's sign-in, the system recognizes the device on that basis.
In context
Here, "trusted device" classifies a saved phone or browser that the system recognizes, for that user's sign-in, as previously verified as associated with that user's identity.
- Situation
- Setting passwords, multifactor authentication, recovery codes, and trusted devices
- What it communicates
- classifies saved phones or browsers in the device list
Meaning limits
This term alone does not say that the device is trusted in every context or for every person, only that the system recognizes that prior verification for a particular user's sign-in.
Examples
“Because it had been verified for Lee earlier, the shared browser was a trusted device for Lee's sign-in but not for Sam's.”
“After replacing her phone, she removed the old one from her trusted devices.”