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Lesson 2: Ask Google: How do I keep my account safe?- How to keep your online accounts secure
- Why creating a strong password really matters
- Yes, you need a password manager. Here’s why.
- How adding your phone number and 2-factor authentication helps protect your account
- How can I review the security of my account?
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How can I review the security of my account?
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- I didn’t understand what are “ the services” I can use to review the security of my account.(18 votes)
- "the services" is where you created your account in the first place, go there and look for security option. If you have google account go to account.google>privacy and security.(4 votes)
- can I ask someone I know to ask if my account is safe(8 votes)
- If you haven't given anybody your password and haven't put it anywhere where it could be spotted, then you should be fairly certain that it is fine. However, you could always call customer support (a nightmare usually, as a very last resort) if you think your account is in danger.(5 votes)
- how do you get a password manager(5 votes)
- So if u can review your infomation is it good that they can still see your infomation(2 votes)
- Most well-secured companies don't actually store your password! They "hash" it (basically, turn it into a bunch of gibberish that is really hard to undo), then when you try to login, it checks if the hash of the text you entered matches the hash of your password, and if so, it knows that you got the right one.(6 votes)
Video transcript
- So Guemmy, you've given us a lot of tips and things to think about. Is there a way to just see where we are in terms of our account security? - Yeah. One thing I love
that's evolved in the industry over the last few years is a lot of the tech providers have developed very simple
and easy to use tools. Like a number of us have things that are like a security
checkup for instance. And it's a simple place where you can go to be like, "What are the
top things I need to look at to get my security better? And what is the state that I'm in?" Like for example, some will give you a score, you know, like your 99% safe. Or you could have a color,
like a red, green and yellow. And so it's really good to go into those and see what specific
things in your account that you need to go and fix. - That's super helpful. I have to say, I thought
I knew this pretty well, and I do about 80% of what
you've been talking about, but I have a little bit of work to do to tighten up my my account
security after this. (Sal laughs) - Yeah, definitely. And, and you know, like
a lot of companies, including Google, we do a lot in the
background automatically to protect users. And so when one of your services
actually tells you like, "Hey, there is something
to pay attention to." You really should, because that's the last
mile that need to you to do in order to protect you more fully. - Super useful. - Thanks so much Guemmy. - Of course. Thank you.