Questions tagged [security]
A branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks.
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Purpose of Hiding Login and Registration Forms When Logged In?
I've looked and looked and cannot find a reason for hiding login and registration forms from a user after that user has logged in. Aside from the obvious, such as removing the login form because it is ...
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How to remotely delete data from a Google Drive folder kept in local system
Recently someone has stolen my laptop and I have some sensitive information laying in the Google Drive folder, which I am sure he/she will be able to access after opening my laptop, since it’s not ...
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Play my YouTube's "Watch Later" playlist on another computer without signing in my whole Google account
My current setup involves two laptops side by side, a Mac and a Windows 10 PC. I use the Mac as my workstation and the PC for gaming, casual web browsing and media consumption (Twitch, YouTube, etc). ...
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Is there a way of disabling Google's password recovery feature?
I have a YouTube channel which is under a different Google account to my normal one. I have a secure password with it, and an alternate e-mail address set up, but I thought I'd see how secure the ...
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Can't log out of Facebook
For two days, we have not been able to log out of our Facebook account. If we cannot log out the normal way, how can we do this?
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Private YouTube video, accessible to everyone with a Google account
Is there a way to create a private video on YouTube, that is marked private but with access granted to everyone with a Google account? When creating a private video, it's possible to mark which ...
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Is there a way to get Google account to sign out after specific time has passed?
Is it possible to set a timeout for my Google account to sign out my Google session on any device?
I'm worried about not signing out of all my sessions, especially at the work desktop.
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Is there a way to hide status updates from a friend on Facebook? (Boss Mode)
I have friends on Facebook that I like to see their status updates, but I don't necessarily want them to see my status updates. People like my boss, or my mum.
Is there any way I can still be ...
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Choose the option to reset your security questions
I expect to see:
but see:
and then:
Not knowing the phone number, how do I proceed?
The clear, explicit, and wrong directions specify:
Reset your security questions
Go to iforgot.apple.com.
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How can I access my Gmail account if I forgot the address and don't have access to recovery phone?
Bit of a complex one.
I went travelling for a year in Australia (2001/2016) so I got a SIM to put in my phone. 8 months in I created an email address (was similar but not the same as my original ...
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My Gmail account was taken over by someone in the country of Jordan
My wife's Gmail login screen looks like this. I have changed her password, but it seems to go deeper into Gmail than that. There are ads served by Google in Arabic. How can I fix it?
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Log Google Security Center - which insecure app did I disable?
By mistake I just disabled some app that Google deemed "insecure" in Google Security Center (I clicked "disable insecure app" and expected a new screen listing the app I was about to disable but it ...
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If Facebook says I've logged on from an unknown location, does that mean someone knows my password?
The email I received pointed me to a screen similar to this one:
http://www.securitygeneration.com/security/facebooks-suspicious-login-tracking/
The location was most definitely nowhere near me, so ...
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How did this strange secondary Gmail account get created?
I've received an automated mail saying "my" new e-mail address was created. My e-mail is [email protected], and the message says the new address is something like [email protected].
I immediately ...
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How to securely share your Amazon wish list with only certain people
On Amazon is there any way to share wish lists with only certain people? I can make a list public or private and I can share it, but can I make it public to only certain people can see it?
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Remove access for unknown devices in account activity
Why can't I remove a device off my Google account activity that is not one of my devices?
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How do I untrust a computer with Google two-factor authentication?
I use Google's two factor authentication to send my phone text messages with a string of 6 numbers every time I log into a computer that isn't mine. It has worked well so far until today.
Today, I ...
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Is this Yahoo mail mobile form secure?
Using my android device I went to "mail.yahoo.com" on my web browser. It forwarded me to this page: http://mlogin.yahoo.com/w/login/user ...
The page prompts me to enter my username and password, but ...
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Gmail hacked, no IP alerts
Recently my Gmail was hacked - I was suddenly signed out of Gtalk and my password no longer worked.
I was able to reset my password by following my secret question/answer. When I logged in again, I ...
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How does one check what websites a person logs into using their Google account?
When you create Stack Exchange accounts and you want them tied to a Google account, when you log into your Google account you get taken to a separate page where it asks for permission and whether you ...
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How to recover a Google Account that I already have full access to and know the password?
I have a throw-away Gmail account for forums, etc. I barely ever log into it since I have my main Gmail account retrieve emails from it over POP3.
Now, I would like to log in and Google is refusing ...
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Security of browser only password managers [closed]
There are password managers like KeePass which store all the passwords in an encrypted container on the local machine. I would have to copy this container over to other machines to be able to have my ...
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Ensuring a web application is secure before utilizing it
How can one go about verifying the security and legitimacy of a web application before accessing it?
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What is OpenID, and what do you need to do to get one? [closed]
I'm not sure I understand what OpenID is ... but I see plenty of sites that ask you for it. What is it? and how do I create one?
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Validate that a web application has used a specific hash function for its certificate
What is the process for verifying the hash function that was used to create a web applications certificate? I ask because there apparently has been some issue with the MD5 hash function wherein ...
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Who has invited somebody, when and how to a Google Drive Spreadsheet?
We have a sheet at my company with logins and passwords, shared with all the team, so all the people may enter in the supplier's intranets.
Today, in "shared with", where normally there are 6 to 8 ...
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Gmail inaccessible abroad
I have a Gmail account that's not registered on my phone. I have private data in there and I don't want to keep it as my phone account.
Whenever I travel to another country, I can't access this ...
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How not to use Google Sync at a particular computer?
Yesterday, I logged in to Google from a rather public computer using Google Chrome to check my emails. As soon as I logged in, a popup window appeared and informed that my bookmarks, passwords, ...
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Gmail "suspicious sign-in attempts" email - legitimate? [duplicate]
I got two emails this week from Gmail, claiming to have prevented "suspicious sign-in attempts" to my account. These emails came from the address: [email protected] (using the name "...
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Unexpected and confusing "Security alert for your linked Google Account"
We use GSuite for our small business. One of our employees received a "Security alert for your linked Google Account" email at her personal email address. It claims that a her work account has signed ...
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Google script insecure?
For a couple of years a script is run in https://script.google.com, but now it is seen as an insecure app? Why? The service is provided by Google right? Third party?
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How can I get a warning if someone try to hack my Gmail account?
Is there a hidden feature in Gmail, that let you know each time someone has tried to login to your account with a wrong password?
LogMeIn has this feature. Is there something like that in Google ...
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Someone signed in to Google services using my Yahoo email. What should I do now?
I don't remember having my Yahoo email used in any of Google services, but today someone just signed in using my Yahoo e-mail. I might just did use Google services with Yahoo email a long time ago.
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Limit Google "trusted computer" auth cookies to 30 days
It looks like Google's two-factor authentication has switched to using long-expiration cookies for remembering "trusted" user agents, instead of the 30 day expiration previously used. This seems ...
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What measures does Cognito Forms take to ensure Privacy/ Security Level for Completed Forms/ User Data?
Some forms may contain confidential information - even something basic like where a person lives.
What measures do Cognito Forms take to ensure that data stored within its site is secure?
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Locating third-party Google Docs web apps
I got an e-mail from Google today, warning me to "Remove risky access to your data". According to the security checkup, there are two third-party apps which "have extensive access to [my] personal ...
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How to painlessly share a GMail account
I want to create a GMail account to be used collectively by a group of people. The idea is that we want to be able to log in and read and send e-mails from the account.
We are facing an issue, though....
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Disable "Stay signed in" for Google Inbox/Gmail
Title says it all...
When I sign in to Google Inbox, the "Stay signed in" box is checked by default on the password screen. Sometimes I forget to uncheck it.
Is there a setting somewhere to disable ...
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How to bypass Google login verification screen?
I can't use my phone, and I'd much rather "let it be a hacker". What do I do?
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One of me Gmail accounts is being hacked; how can I inform Google?
I think one of my Google accounts is being attacked because without my desire G-XXX codes are being sent to my phone via SMS. I want to know which email is this code for and want to inform Google for ...
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Google Settings: Visible on your content & to people who interact with you
Google Account ≪Gender, birthday, and more≫ settings says:
Visible on your content & to people who interact with you
(Cf 1; Cf 2.)
What does it refer to for accounts without Google Plus?...
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How do I disable the new device notification on my Gmail account? [duplicate]
Each and every time I sign in to a Gmail account, I get a notification with "New sign-in from Firefox on Windows".
Moreover, I have another Gmail account which I sign in to on the same computer and I ...
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How do I login into Instagram with a password if I no longer own email?
What if you have a password to your Instagram account, but no longer have access to the email address used to register the account (nor have any sort of a Facebook accounts linked), and your account ...
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Does Google send text messages about deleting your email?
I received a text saying, “Wait is over and security for obry****@gmail.com was replaced.”
The email address is my email.
Is this a scam?
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2-step Google Authentication for Facebook?
I'm very confident for my account on Google, Dropbox, and Lastpass when they allow me to log in using two factors
the username+password
the Google Authenticator's code generated from my smart phone.
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How do I sign out of all Gmail sessions without access to a computer?
I know the method to do sign out from all devices on a computer. (Go to Gmail page, in bottom right, click Details, and click Sign out all other web sessions)
How do I do this if I don't have ...
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How to set up PayPal's two-factor authentication with a mobile app or trust my computer?
I just set up two-factor authentication feature for my account with PayPal, but I can't seem to find a way how to set it up to either trust my desktop computer (so that it doesn't ask for a PIN on it) ...
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How to turn off the security of my gmail account completely? I mean, completely
I want to turn off the security mechanism of gmail for my account so that it never ever asks me "you're logging from a strange place. We'll send an sms to your phone or call it and you're to enter the ...
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Is there a way of preventing Google account password reset by a former team member who keeps changing it?
A former member of our team who originally had our Google account password keeps trying to modify the password and it succeeds! I think he uses the password recovery feature and succeeds in his intent ...
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Does the 2-step verification solves the security problem [closed]
I want to ask if the recently well used 2-step verification does actually keep the online accounts safe. (by using a mobile phone) ?
Assuming access to phone stays on our concern.
What could be the ...
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