Is your Account safe-Gmail 2 step verification

Source: Official blog of Google(googleonlinesecurity)

Even if your Password Hacked they cant do anything with your hacked account,Google provided Advanced 2 step verification ,activate and ** the script kiddies.......

Most of us are used to entrusting our information to a password, but we know that some of you are looking for something stronger,They developed an advanced opt-in security feature called 2-step verification that makes your Google Account significantly more secure by helping to verify that you're the real owner of your account. Now it's time to offer the same advanced protection to all of our users.

2-step verification requires two independent factors for authentication, much like you might see on your banking website: your password, plus a code obtained using your phone. Over the next few days, you'll see a new link on your Account Settings page that looks like this:

Take your time to carefully set up 2-step verification—expect it may take up to 15 minutes to enroll. A user-friendly set-up wizard will guide you through the process, including setting up a backup phone and creating backup codes in case you lose access to your primary phone. Once you enable 2-step verification, you'll see an extra page that prompts you for a code when you sign in to your account. After entering your password, Google will call you with the code, send you an SMS message or give you the choice to generate the code for yourself using a mobile application on your Android, BlackBerry or iPhone device. The choice is up to you. When you enter this code after correctly submitting your password we'll have a pretty good idea that the person signing in is actually you.

It's an extra step, but it's one that significantly improves the security of your Google Account because it requires the powerful combination of both something you know—your username and password—and something that only you should have—your phone. A hacker would need access to both of these factors to gain access to your account. If you like, you can always choose a "Remember verification for this computer for 30 days" option, and you won't need to re-enter a code for another 30 days. You can also set up one-time application-specific passwords to sign in to your account from non-browser based applications that are designed to only ask for a password, and cannot prompt for the code.

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Gmail secret, *(An amazing trick)*

You can create multiple user accounts (IDs) on 90% websites with a single gmail id .

Atleast Every website dont allow you to create more then one account associate with same email id and you know it better.. 

But if you have gmail account then you can create many accounts on a websites.Its possible because gmail account don't count dot(.) in email addresses.thats meansanyname@gmail. comand any.name@gmail. comboth are same email address . Yeah if you send email to anyna.me@gmail .com then it wil go to anyname@gmail .com

that means if you already have ur account on a website with yourname@gmail .com you can create you.rname@gmail .com

but facebook is listed in the 10% websites. it dont allow this even u use dot.But 90% websites includin twitter will allow you to signup so enjoy and keep share...

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How to Find Out When Your Gmail Account was Created

How long have you been using Gmail? Ever wonder what the exact date your account was created is? You can look for the initial welcome email all new accounts receive but what if you deleted that message?

Fortunately, there is another method to find out the exact date your account was created. This tutorial works with both standard Gmail accounts and Google Apps Mail accounts.

Update: The date explained in this article might not display for some users, as of January 2014. If your Gmail account is also a Google+ account, try the alternate method explained in this updated post.

Many commenters have reported that this method simply reads the date of the oldest available email. I can confirm this on my account created on 5/10/07. I just deleted all emails from that date and it changes.However, this method works on my alternate account created on 10/18/08. Gmail search reports no emails around this date. Some sources report that this only works on accounts created after 2007, which would explain why this method does not work on my 2007 account.

If you know your account was created 2007 or earlier, does this method work for you (you will have to permanently delete your oldest emails to check)? If your account was created after 2007, does this method work for you (use the search function to check if there are any emails from the date you get)? Please share with us in the comments.

First, head to Gmail Settings. Then click on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.

Select the first option for POP Download: Enable POP for all mail (even mail that’s already been downloaded). This option is selected by default so if you didn’t tweak any settings in the past, this option is probably already selected.

Click Save Changes.

Return to the settings for POP Download. At the top of the section, there should be something that reads: Status: POP is enabled for all mail that has arrived since xx/xx/xx.

In place of the xx/xx/xx should be the exact date your Gmail account was created.

As highlighted in this screenshot, my Gmail account was created on May 10, 2007.

When did you create your Gmail account? Have another method to find out the account creation date? Share with us in the comments.

Please note that this only works if you actually have access to the account. It is a good idea to record this date in a safe place somewhere as this date is very useful when recovering your password in the event that your account is compromised or you lose access to secondary recovery options.

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Top 10 Google Chrome Hacks

Here is the list of top 10 google chrome hacks . Let’s begin !

1) Load Multiple Sites Every Time You Open Your Browser

To configure your google chrome to load multiple sites every time you open your browser , go to Settings 

Select Basics on the top left and under On Startup options add websites that you want to load every time you open your browser 

2) How To Auto-Start Chrome In Incognito Mode

Incognito Mode allows users to browse websites without saving history on the computer.
Right-click the Chrome icon or shortcut and select Properties

In the Shortcut tab there is a field called > Target. The link you see there will look something like this: C:\Users\Tina\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe . Simply add a space and then -incognito to the end. Hit Apply then OK.
C:\Users\ivan\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe -incognito

3) How To Print With Google Cloud Print

Google Cloud Print makes printing more intuitive, accessible and useful, by allowing you to print to your printers from Google Cloud Print enabled apps on any computer or smart phone.
Launch Google Chrome and click on Settings

Go to Under the Hood and click on Enable Google Cloud Print Connector
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To use google cloud šrint you must have gogoel acc , sign in your google acc and that is it 

4) How To Get more Omnibox suggestions

This hacks let’s you increase list of suggestions for matching sites into Chrome’s Omnibox URL bar , by default it’s 5. 
Right-click on the Chrome icon ) and select ‘Properties’

find the Target text box, add a space at the end of the line and the following text:
-omnibox-popup-count=30

5) How To Pin Tabs in Place on the Browser Bar

If you are going to be using a site or service a lot in one web session, you can “pin” a tab in Chrome, which will shrink the window down to the size of the favicon, leaving more room for multi-tasking
Right-click on the tab you want to pin and hit Pin tab.

6) How To Turn Websites into “Desktop Apps”

Go to Tools->Create application shortcuts 

select the place where you want to create sortcut app , and click Create

7) Create Separate Profiles in Google Chrome for Family Members

Google Chrome 16 lets you create multiple user accounts but if you want to keep your web history and passwords hidden from other Chrome users, you need to create a separate profile as explained in the following tutorial. READ MORE 

8)How To Use Multiple Google Accounts Simultaneously in Google Chrome

If you want to user more that one google accounts simultaneously , then open new windows in incognito mode (Ctrl+Shift+N), where your cookies from the standard session are no longer available and you can easily log in to a new Google account.

9)How To Use Google Chrome Browser Shortcuts

1) F3 & CTRL+F Search on Page
2) F5 Reload
3) CTRL+D bookmark
4) CTRL+W close Google Chrome Window
5) CTRL+E enter search query at address bar
6) CTRL+R Refresh
7) CTRL+T New Tab
8) CTRL+U view source
9) CTRL+O Open Web Page
10) CTRL+H History
11) CTRL+J Download File History
12) CTRL+B Show/Hide Bookmark Toolbar
13) CTRL+N new Google Chrome window
14) CTRL +/- increase decrease Fonts
15) CTRL+P Print
16) ALT+D Select Address bar
17) ALT+leftArrow/RightArrow Go Backword/Forword
18) ALT+` Java Debugger
19) CTRL+TAB or CTRL+PGUP/PGDW switch between Tabs
20) CTRL+SHIFT+N Private Browsing (New incognito window)

10) What are the special “about:” URLs I can access

Try entering these addresses into Chrome:
about:
about:cache
about:crash
about:dns
about:hang
about:histograms
about:internets
about:memory
about:network
about:plugins
about:shorthang (careful*)
about:stats
about:version

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Recovering And Protecting Your GMail Account

Blogger blog owners may have productive action, when their Blogger accounts are successfully hacked through an attack on their GMail accounts.

GMail account owners can get detailed instructions on recovering a successfully hacked account, and on preventing future hacking attacks from being successful. Some of the instructions are specific to GMail use - but overall, Blogger account owners will benefit from their use.

To benefit from the GMail instructions, one should consider the differences between Blogger, email, and Google accounts.

GMail provides instructions for recovering hacked / stolen GMail accounts.

Gmail Account Recovery: Gmail Account Recovery and Security provides complete and detailed instructions for recovering a hacked and stolen GMail email account.

The Recovery instructions include specific mentions of Disabled / Suspended accounts, successfully Stolen accounts, and accounts locked or deleted because of Underage owners.

Accompanying the recovery advice is Gmail help and information: How NOT To Get Hacked. These are instructions for preventing a recurrence of a reported problem. This includes discussion of using a strong and secure password, identifying hacking techniques that involve the account owner, and preventing attacks which are conducted using the computer or network in use by the account owner.

Prevention instructions are similarly focused on GMail account security.

The Prevention instructions, many which are common sense issues to any IT professional or security expert, are specifically written to apply to GMail account owners. There may be additional issues which apply in general, to Blogger accounts - and specifically, to Blogger accounts which are based on non GMail email accounts.

There are a few differences between Blogger blog ownership and GMail account ownership, which will cause issues that cannot be easily resolved by Blogger Support, or by GMail Support, to the satisfaction of the (former) blog owner.

GMail accounts, unlike Blogger accounts, do not contain transferrable assets.

GMail accounts are, by nature, single owner - and ownership of a GMail account is never transferred. In contrast, Blogger blogs can be under team ownership - and ownership can be transferred.

• Intentional team blog ownership. Team blog ownership can cause problems with loss of blog control, when all known blog administrators (accidentally or intentionally) remove themselves as administrators, leaving an unknown administrator.
• Intentional transfer of control. A blog owner may assign administrator status to another person, voluntarily - then later regret his decision.
• Un intentional transfer of control. A blog owner may assign administrator status to another person, voluntarily - and the other person may then remove the former owner administrator status.
• Ownership theft after account hacking. A hacker, having temporarily gained control of a Blogger account, may transfer ownership of a blog to another Blogger account.

All of these scenarios are regarded as simple transfer of blog ownership, by Blogger Support.

Though maybe not preferred by the (former) blog owner, the blog in question will now be under control of another person. It's possible that some of these scenarios are considered by Google Security, when reviewing Blogger / Google accounts after hacking activity is detected.

Blogger accounts based on non GMail email have typical third party issues.

Blogger accounts, based on non GMail email addresses, will be subject to the typical uncertainty which accompanies any third party service in Blogger. Some details may be involve the email provider, while others will involve Blogger - and arbitrating between the two will be the responsibility of the Blogger account owner.

Owners of Blogger accounts which are based on non GMail email addresses will need to contact the providers of the actual email service, for resolution of some of these issues.

In general though, the GMail Account Loss Prevention and Recovery instructions provide good advice, for any Blogger account owner.

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