Everyone uses locks on their doors at home and some even have a security system to protect their personal belongings. Some get a car alarm and even one with a GPS to prevent your car from being stolen. A password on your phone, but what about your email? No one seems to secure email and it's the most important thing online now.
Why is email important? Think about it. Where are all your forgotten passwords resets sent? Especially for your banking and credit cards? Email. All I need to do is enter your password and is it even a secure one? Is it your kids name? Your wife's? Does it contain letters or numbers? Or even capital and lower case letters? Chances are it's a simple password. Is your password on this list?
25 most-used passwords revealed
Here are the steps to make it more secure and some recommendations:
1. Make a better password. Check this link out: http://xkcd.com/936/
2. Use Two-step verification. It's a second code that is sent to you or generated by an app, that needs to be entered. Think of it as your work VPN token. I have more information below.
Here are some links to popular email services with their "How-to". If you don't use any of these, I would seriously consider switching.
Hotmail or Oulook.com: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/two-step-verification-faq
Yahoo: http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&y=PROD_ACCT&locale=en_US&id=SLN5013
Gmail: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/180744?hl=en
Apple: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5570
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150172618258920
Enjoy your new piece of mind!
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