With 2SV set up on your account, it greatly reduces the chances of someone accessing your account.įollow the prompts until you reach the section in the screenshot above. Turn on 2SV by visiting your Google account security page and clicking on 2-Step Verification. With two-step verification, sometimes called two-factor authentication, hackers would need your password and a randomly generated six-digit passcode or physical access to your phone before they could gain access to your account. And remember, if you reuse the same password for multiple services, they could get it from a data breach or through a phishing scam. Without two-step verification, also commonly called two-factor authentication, hackers only need your password to access your entire Google account - including YouTube, Gmail and Google Pay.
Set up two-step verification on your Google account.
Read more: Special report: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (free PDF) (TechRepublic) Verify your password if prompted, then enter your new password - generated by your password manager - and click Change password. To change your Google account password, visit the Google account security page and click on Password under the Signing in to Google section. We have a roundup of the best password managers available, both free and paid, if you need help with deciding which one to use. Keeping track of all those passwords is easy when you use a password manager. Use unique, randomly generated passwords, for every online account you have. All it takes is a leak or breach at one service, and hackers will begin trying to sign in to all of your accounts. But reusing passwords across multiple sites and services is just asking for your accounts to be hacked. This can come in handy and can save you time signing in, so you can always turn auto sign-in back on if you want to take advantage of those features.I suspect we're all guilty of reusing simple passwords at some point - I admit that I used to. There are advantages to having the auto sign-in feature such as having your history and bookmarks synced across devices and computers. Keep in mind that auto sign-in appears to be enabled by default in the current version of Chrome, so while you can turn it off, you’ll need to remember to do so when setting up a new browser to avoid unintentionally linking your account. Tap the check box beside Auto Sign-in to remove the check mark.Tap on the three dots icon on the upper right side of the screen.However, you can manually turn it off by following these steps. Disable Chrome Auto Sign-in for Androidīy default, the Google Chrome App for Android devices enables the auto sign-in feature. With Chrome auto sign-in disabled, you can sign into Google sites like Gmail or Docs and, just like in older versions of Chrome, remained signed out of the browser. To test that this worked, close and then re-open Chrome.
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