The only people who worry about this stuff are people who are trying to hide their wrongdoing.
You're welcome.
These are also the same people that want to hide their wrongdoing from Google. Also welcome.
The only people who worry about this stuff are people who are trying to hide their wrongdoing.
You're welcome.
does this mean now all you need to do is steal a device to change the password? how is that secure
It's a website where they let you create accounts with fake data and corporations are willing to throw money and free products at you just for sharing their ads with other fakes.What's Facebook?
That sucks. Not to throw a competitor as a comparison - but that's why a bunch of my friends and colleagues switches from yahoo to gmail.
I've been with gmail since about when it started and never had an issue. Maybe you're just really popular
Umm, you might be surprised. I've looked at a bunch of my friends' Gmail accounts and found similar issues. Try this little experiment (assuming you're not already using two-factor): Log into Gmail, then scroll to the bottom of the page. On the lower-right, where it says last account activity, click the details button. Look long and hard at the places from where your account has been accessed. I can guarantee that almost anyone using Gmail without two factor authentication will likely be signing up after looking at that.
too many security issues accumulating lately
Have always monitored that on both my gmail accounts.
I'm also pretty diligent about logging out all sessions except the one I'm using.
That feature though isn't the end-all/be-all. I have found that it can give me wonky info based on if I'm logging in via cell vs ATT hotspot vs work vs home, etc. My work has a few IP addresses and also depends on if I'm going through vpn or not.
But as a practice - it's good that Google can show you what sessions are active. I'm not sure yahoo or other mail services have that
Umm, you might be surprised. I've looked at a bunch of my friends' Gmail accounts and found similar issues. Try this little experiment (assuming you're not already using two-factor): Log into Gmail, then scroll to the bottom of the page. On the lower-right, where it says last account activity, click the details button. Look long and hard at the places from where your account has been accessed. I can guarantee that almost anyone using Gmail without two factor authentication will likely be signing up after looking at that.
i understand, and i'm glad you're watching it. But i'm not talking about ip addresses not immediately recognizable because i might have been using a hotspot, or been on my work network. I'm talking about obvious access from computers in other countries on other continents, using oss that i haven't used in years. Seen it on others', as well. Just a really good idea to watch it, and since google offers the two-factor for free i would definitely recommend using it. It's really given me peace of mind.
i understand, and i'm glad you're watching it. But i'm not talking about ip addresses not immediately recognizable because i might have been using a hotspot, or been on my work network. I'm talking about obvious access from computers in other countries on other continents, using oss that i haven't used in years. Seen it on others', as well. Just a really good idea to watch it, and since google offers the two-factor for free i would definitely recommend using it. It's really given me peace of mind.
Everyone knew these things would happen one day. Apple is pretty unprepared for the increasing security threats to their systems. They rode the "obscurity" protection too long and didn't do enough to prepare for what everyone else saw coming as Apple got popular. Expect more like this.
Nope. I checked the log, and i can identify each location as a place where I checked my email.
How does anybody know your password? How do they get into your account without knowing it?
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1. Use a strong password.
2. Don't use a service like Google for anything that is sensitive. if you want to trade secrets via email, use a real email program with POP3 access. If all your mail (or anything else) is sitting on some third party server, it is not secure. "The Cloud' is NOT secure or private. Keep your stuff locally.
Bad bad advice. You need an encrypted email service for anything private. Email sends and receives in the clear. If you must use unencrypted email for sensitive data, put it in a document then compress and encrypt that. Send the key to decrypt the message by another means (text message or calling the person).
Even locally held is not secure or private as there is a risk of intercept during sending and/or receiving.
Nope. I checked the log, and i can identify each location as a place where I checked my email.
How does anybody know your password? How do they get into your account without knowing it?
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1. Use a strong password.
2. Don't use a service like Google for anything that is sensitive. if you want to trade secrets via email, use a real email program with POP3 access. If all your mail (or anything else) is sitting on some third party server, it is not secure. "The Cloud' is NOT secure or private. Keep your stuff locally.
Oh no, a bug in Apple's software. That's far worse than Google doing things like oh, let's say tracking you for marketing purposes. Glad you've got your priorities.
Sorry, but those are not good assumptions or suggestions.
Ugh.
Lets see, lets use a user ID we freely give out to friends and all manner of online websites. It's probably on our business cards. Next will authenticate with data that is available through public records for all citizens.
Bravo.
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I don't think they EVER rode the obscurity protection. That was Window users explanation as to why they were a steaming pile of malware poo and Mac was mostly untouched. It must be because no one has a Mac that they are so safe right?? Well now that they are no longer some nich OS and there are tons and tons of OSX computers out there, they are still no where near as vulnerable as other OS's.
We should have seen a HUGE increase in the amount of Mac malware due to the growth and acceptance of OSX but we are not seeing that.
They did prepare, they built the OS with security in mind. That is why we haven't seen the amount of malware and viruses that you see in the Windows world.
Most of what you see right now is malware that is installed by users by clicking OK to install requests. It's not easy to secure a system against user installed apps.