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photon · 02-19-2013, 01:43 PM

Email is so key to every other aspect of one's online life I think it's best to pay special attention to its security. Use a good strong password (doesn't have to have special characters or numbers or anything, just has to be long and random. I use this to generate passwords currently:

http://rumkin.com/tools/password/diceware.php

And if your email service offers it, use two factor authentication (Gmail does), this makes it almost impossible to hack your email. In Gmail's case if you access your email from a new computer/location it sends you a text message (to a phone # you've previously setup and verified) with a response code that you have to enter. So even if some guy in India figures out your password it's still useless unless they can hijack your phone at the same time.

02-19-2013, 01:43 PM	#5
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Email is so key to every other aspect of one's online life I think it's best to pay special attention to its security. Use a good strong password (doesn't have to have special characters or numbers or anything, just has to be long and random. I use this to generate passwords currently: http://rumkin.com/tools/password/diceware.php And if your email service offers it, use two factor authentication (Gmail does), this makes it almost impossible to hack your email. In Gmail's case if you access your email from a new computer/location it sends you a text message (to a phone # you've previously setup and verified) with a response code that you have to enter. So even if some guy in India figures out your password it's still useless unless they can hijack your phone at the same time. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.