Is your Gmail account secure?

Recently there has been continuous information regarding Google letting others eavesdrop on Gmail customers. This immediately raises a warning bell about Gmail account security and information surrounding how to protect Gmail accounts such as, how to see which applications are reading Gmail? How do I control the access of Gmail requests for third-party applications? How to know how Gmail was hacked Constantly searched on the Internet.

Although Google insisted " No Google employees were peeking at their customers ' Gmail, " according to a Business Insider investigation report, the Wall Street Journal, they showed external application vendors ( third party) has been granted access to the Gmail accounts of those who subscribe to the service from Google.

This is a very dangerous thing, because Google's utility store has millions of applications and extensions of this type. If also, are installing and using the Gmail extension , you should learn and check the following basic information immediately:

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1. How to see someone surreptitiously accessing your Gmail

Since one person can access your account on many different devices, if you're not sure, double check this for anything unusual.

Step 1 : Log in to your Gmail account on the web browser.

Step 2 : At the main interface, scroll down and left-click Details - Details at the bottom.

Step 3 : An Activity information table appears, here, you can check and know the list of the 10 most recent activities of the current account.

This table will tell us the location, the IP address as well as the device used and the time that "someone" has accessed your account.

We can click on Show Details to see details for this information if desired.

2. Will my Gmail password be revealed?

If you want to check whether your Gmail password has been revealed, the most effective way is to access the website of Vietnam Internet Attack Center and fill in your email address, select Check.

A message will appear as below, you check in the Inbox and find the message Center.

If the result appears as below, your account is safe and has not been revealed yet. If so, of course we will have to change the password .

One more thing that you also need to remember, is to set up two-layer protection for Gmail accounts , so that when someone logs in, even knowing the password, it cannot access your account.

3. Check which applications are reading your Gmail

Usually when we want to use or play certain games, we will often be asked to log into a Google account and grant that application certain rights. If you do not pay close attention or learn, you are likely to accidentally allow these applications to access your account.

Step 1: You access the Google homepage , then log in your Google account.

Step 2 : The main interface appears as below. Left click on Sign-in & security - Login and security .

Step 3 : Scroll down to the bottom and select Apps with account access - Applications with account access and click on Manage Apps - Manage applications .

Step 4 : The list of applications in use, your Google account login request appears as below. And these are also suspicious objects, capable of illegally viewing your Gmail.

4. Delete the third-party app access to the Gmail account

If there are strange, unrecognizable, unrecognizable or unnecessary names in the list, it is not necessary to continue to allow access to the account, it is best to delete them.

How to do it is simple:

• Just left click on the application name, the software you want to revoke the access
• Select Remove Access

Click OK in the confirmation message that appears next is done.

5. Which device is illegally logging in to your Gmail account

As mentioned, a Google account can be signed in on multiple devices, so if you do not remember which device you are logged in on, you can select the left mouse button under Device activity & security events. and device activity , select Review Devices - Review devices .

A complete list of devices that have been logged into your account as well as the time details are displayed. Want to delete your account on any device, just click on it and select Remove .

Left mouse button on Remove to confirm deletion.

6. Who changed my Gmail account settings?

There will be a special case that few people pay attention to. When checking the account and the login devices do not see problems, we are often subjective and assume that everything is fine. But another possibility is that someone has illegally hacked your account, then made changes to some settings for malicious purposes or simply so you can not check your account history.

At this point, let's do another thing, which is to see if the account settings have been made in the past, have been changed by someone?

Step 1 : Log in to your Gmail account, then click on the icon representing an account image, select Google Account.

Step 2: Select My Activity - My Activity .

Step 3 : The list of all activities of the account is displayed in this interface.

You can click on the total number of existing categories or click directly on an item to see what that change is? Time changes?

Or another option, it's Other Activity on Google / Timeline Access .

This option allows users to check their account activity according to login location, exact time, and even displayed on the map.

These are basic but extremely important checks so you can determine if your Gmail account is secure or not? In addition, setting up a strong password, not installing unknown extensions and not signing in to personal accounts on shared devices ... is also one of the other considerations that you need. mind.