Gmail Security Post by Anand Garg

Gmail  is  the  world’s  most  secure  email 

provider  service as  compared  to  other.  When 

you send  an  email  to someone  the  mail  is 

fully encrypted. Only you and the sender can 

see  the  mail properly.  When  you  logins  to 

your  mail  id  it  doesn’t mean that  the  mail 

service is coming to you but actually you are 

going  to  the  server to  access your  mail  id. 

Gmail  is  the  only service  in  the  world  which 

provides  more  security  services   as  compared 

to  other  like  two  step  verification, don’t  ask 

on  this  system  again, brute  force or  captcha 

code, & security questions.

ü Two step verification: 

This  feature  provides  user  the  most  active 

and strong security. Enabling this feature helps you to login 

with  a  specific one  time  code  send  by  the  mail  server  to 

your  mobile  phone  without  that  code  nobody  can  login  to 

your mail id even if he/she have your correct id & password. 

To bypass this security he/she needs your mobile phone for 

that code. If the phone is locked then also he/she can login 

to  your  id  because  there  is  an  option  of  text  message  & 

voice  call  on  code  verifying  screen.  To  be  secure  from  it 

you need to be very careful.

ü Don’t ask on this system again:

This  feature  is  very  good  for  you  if  you  login 

many  times  on  your  personal  system  daily. You  can  enable 

this  feature  before  verifying  your  one  time  code.  This  will 

register your system’s mac address to its database and allow 

you  to  login  on  your  system  only  without  one  time  code.  If 

you  login  on  another  system  anytime  then  the  one  time 

verification code is needed.

ü Brute force or Captcha Code:

Gmail  has  its  own security  which  don’t  allows 

anyone  to brute  force different  passwords  to  gain  access 

to  someone  id.  If  somebody  will try  to  brute  force  your  id 

then Gmail will show a screen to enter captcha code or will 

stop  giving  you  service  on  the  system  for  some  specific 

period of time.

ü Security Questions: 

If  anybody  will  try  to  crack  your  password 

through  recovery  or  by  cracking  security  questions  then 

he/she will not be able to bypass it easily because Gmail asks 

for the last password you remember then security question 

then verifies through alternate email id or mobile no. so its 

going to be very bad attempt for he/she to crack password 

or  reset  password.  So  add  an  alternate  email  id  and  a 

verified mobile no. with two step verification code enabled.

So give Gmail small information it will itself provide you big security as compared to others.