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Tag Archives: account

Stop hackers taking over your email account

Posted on December 2, 2012 by namastekirgisis93

Anyone who can login to your email account can:

  • impersonate you to others
  • gain access to your online accounts
  • spam your friends with fraudulent messages
  • find out personal and financial information about you
  • etc..

In short, other people having access to your email is A Bad Thing™

Protect access to your accounts by using “Two Factor Authentication”. Your password is one “factor” by which you authenticate to a website. But passwords are guessed or stolen all the time. A second “factor”, like posession of your mobile phone, is a useful second check.

When you use two-factor authentication you raise a high barrier for anyone wanting to take over your account. Try it by giving your email password to a friend and asking them to login to your webmail from their computer. They won’t be able to, without having the unique, one-time code that your phone gives you!

You will need to enable two-factor authentication for each separate website (or service) that supports it.

  • For Yahoo! mail, enable the feature here.
  • For Gmail, use the instructions provided by Google.

While we’re here, it’s a great idea to enable two-factor authentication for:

  • Facebook (instructions) and
  • Dropbox (instructions) as well.
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