Now, know if your Gmail was hacked! Internet-News-Indiatimes - Infotech http://infotech.indiatimes.com/news/internet/Now-know-if-your-Gmail-was-hac
Often wonder how would you know if someone hacked into your Gmail account? Or how to know if someone trespassed into your GMail account when you f orgot to sign off? Also, wish if you could remotely sign off your GMail account? Google has a way for you now! The search giant has introduced a new feature that will warn users in case their account has been hacked. Using many criteria, like plotting the Internet protocol (IP) address of each successful logon, Google will determine whether to sound an alarm, which would pop up at the top of a user’s account and read: "Warning: We believe your account was last accessed from..." With the new feature, users will be able to track their recent sessions and also sign themselves out remotely. In a blog post, Google explained how the feature will work. Below is an excerpt from the same. At the bottom of your inbox, you'll see information about the time of the last activity on your account and whether it's still open in another location: Using the above example, a quick glance at the footer while I'm at work shows that my account is indeed open in one other location. But I recognize the IP address - it's my computer at home. Turns out I left my Gmail account open when I left home in a hurry this morning. Your IP address, or Internet Protocol address, is a number associated with your computer when you connect to the Internet. Some of you might want to know your IP address numbers (more info on finding out your IP address below) for an extra layer of control. For others who don't want to think about IP information, you don't need to. Continuing with the above example, I can see more details about my recent activity by clicking on the Details link: The top table, under "Concurrent session information," indicates all open sessions, along with IP address and "access type" -- which refers to how email was retrieved, for example, through iGoogle, POP3 or a mobile phone. The bottom table, under "Recent activity," contains my most recent history along with times of access. I can also view my current IP address at the very bottom of this window, where it says "This computer is using IP address..." With this information, I can quickly verify that all the Gmail activity was indeed mine. I remember using Gmail at the times and locations listed. Being extra cautious, I can also click on the "Sign out all other sessions" button to sign out of the account I left open at home. To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
