hacked. The hacking of a single google account may put our lives at
halt, because it links with our gmail account, blogger, orkut, google
plus, google adsense and all other associated google services. It was
a nightmare which is over now. He has successfully re instated his
account. So I thought that I should make a post on helping you keep
your account safe.
1. The first tip is about choosing the right kind of password.
Passwords should be alpha numeric i.e a combination of numbers and
alphabets. It would do you good if you don't choose dictionary words
as your passwords as there are softwares which try out every
dictionary word against your profile name to get hold of your account.
Also choose a different password for every other account. To help you
remember the passwords every password should be modification of the
main one say for facebook password%fb where password is your password.
2. The second thing what you can do to make your google account secure
is by changing the security settings of your Google account. Setting
up an additional e mail address for sending you the recovery e mail if
your account gets hi jacked and configuring your mobile number with
the account is another thing which Google allows you to save your
account. They will call or message you if invalid activity is detected
on your account. You should note that you have to verify all those
additional or secondary mail ids which you set up for sending your
password once your account gets hacked. But its another thing that the
hacker can change all those ids and numbers but still its an option
you have.
3. The final way of getting your account back is by filling out a
form with the date on which your account was created. You can do that
by going to the mail which you received first. It will be a mail from
the Gmail team, welcoming you to the g world. Note the date and keep
it safe.
These are things which I know about keeping my google account safe and
sound. It should work for you too!
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