How you can protect your gmail account?

The recent Google account’s passwords and ids security breach left almost five million Google accounts to suffer. Although, Google has confirmed that only 2 per cent of those leaked ids might have been among the active ones, but to ensure its customer safety it suggests you to undergo certain privacy settings.




Gmail serves as a most actively used emailing service. The brand has always been very particular and strict over the security issues. It has asked to follow 2-step verification to ensure account safety. It has even claimed that its automated anti-hijacking systems would inactivate many of the fake login attempts. If you might have became a victim of any unauthorized practice then Google should have sent you an alert stating about the unknown login attempts with a password reset notification.

But it is always suggested to take precautions instead of looking for remedial options later on. Google suggests everyone to ensure that you have a strong password unique to Google with updated password recovery settings.

Two-Step Verification:

It helps to add-on an extra layer of security to your Google accounts, to breach in the security setting of your Google account hackers wouldn’t only need your login id and password, but would also need to handhold your phone.

How it works?

1) Enter your password

For signing in you Google account, it will, as usual, ask your username and password.

2) Enter a code sent to your phone

Then, Google will ask you to enter the code it has sent you via text message, voice call or Google mobile App.

Whenever, any one would attempt to login your account from some new computer or different location, Google will always ask to enter the code sent via text message. However, during sign in you can ask for not asking your code again on that particular computer.

What all practices can put your password in risk?

Any of the below mentioned activity, could put your password on stake:

• Using similar password for all other sites
• Clicking on the links in spam emails
• Downloading software from internet

Keep your account safe!

Follow below mentioned steps regularly to ensure your computer and Google accounts are safe:

• Never use similar password for Gmail and other sites.
• Perform regular browser and OS updates.
• Check for viruses and malware, immediately remove any suspicious application or program if detected.
• Regularly update your account recovery options
• Never enter your password after following any link in an email from any random website.
• Never send your password via email; Google never asks your password or other sensitive information over emails.
• Avoid accessing any of the spam mails link
• Use secure connections when signing in.
• Last but not the least, enroll two-step verification. (stated above)