Gmail: Optimize security - the best solutions

Nowadays, important documents are often sent by email than by mail. If you also prefer this variant, as it saves not only time, postage but also paper as well as toner, you should attach great importance to the security of your e-mail account. Because this is the only way to ensure your security.

How to protect yourself

After Hillary Clinton faced a hacking attack, Google has made significant improvements to its mail service.

1. Open the option "Advanced Security (Advanced Protection)" and activate these settings.
2. If you want to receive credentials via mail, you must confirm this possibility with two-factor authentication.
3. Nowadays, many apps can access your email. The new security standards of Gmail automatically prevent this possibility.
4. Run the Google security check. Here, vulnerabilities of your account will be visible and you will receive directly from Google the opportunity to fix these problem areas.
5. Change the password frequently and make sure that the security rating is always on "very secure". Also, you should use the password exclusively for your Gmail account.
6. Make sure that your browser is always up to date. Because even an outdated system can lead to recent security vulnerabilities and thus problems.

Be careful with Google too

Even though Google helps you protect yourself from hackers, you should set your privacy settings so that Google does not get too much information from you. Don't allow Google to give you social recommendations and revoke location shares.