{"id":3,"date":"2018-06-04T09:16:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T09:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xixes.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2018-06-04T09:29:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T09:29:44","slug":"securing-your-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.xixes.com\/?p=3","title":{"rendered":"Securing your accounts.."},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone seems to be having their accounts hacked recently, so here’s some fairly simple things that you can do to make sure your accounts are secure:<\/p>\n

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  1. Check that you’re not logged in from anywhere strange.<\/strong> Most sites will have a page where you can see all the places\/devices you’re currently logged in, and let you log-out from them.<\/li>\n
  2. Check your recovery options<\/strong>
    \nSo you can get back in your account if you get locked out<\/li>\n
  3. Enable 2-Factor-Authentication (2FA)<\/strong> Sounds technical, but you’ve probably used it already in some way: Some of you may have a VPN token (or app) you need to use to connect to your work network, or your bank has smsed you a pin number to log in to your account.
    \n2FA just means a second pin number you use log into your account (after your normal username\/password), whenever you log in from somewhere unrecognised. it’s normally a 6-digit pin which gets sent to you via sms, email – or you can have an app which generates a pin, which is only valid for 60 seconds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Gmail<\/span>

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    Google has a set of tools to check the security of your account. Go to https:\/\/myaccount.google.com\/security<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n

    Some things you can do from here:<\/p>\n