DON'T USE GMAIL unless you make these 5 Critical Security Changes

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Video Timestamps
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0:00 - Why is Gmail Security Important?
1:05 - Create a Stronger Password
1:42 - Check Trusted Devices in Gmail
2:32 - Turn on 2-Factor Authentication with Yubikey
4:34 - How to Setup a 2FA Key in Gmail
5:40 - Review 3rd Party App Access (and remove)
6:17 - Enroll in Google's Advanced Protection Program
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The best kind of Gmail security comes when you have a strong password, 2FA security and have checked all trusted devices and 3rd party permissions. These are very easy things to do and here is a quick and easy tutorial that will show you exactly how it is done.

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[acts]

I was already doing all this but it never hurts to revisit things just to stay current on security. Great video -- short, concise, clear and good visual examples provided. No fluff, no crap, just solid information that everyone should know.

Just one thing ... follow Matthew Kutoloski's advice on your mic. Some people watch YT videos on their phones, some of us use much more complicated equipment. I'm one of the latter.

[moosedancer]

I recently found you channel and glad that I have. You have the ability to make sense from a basic user to an advance user.

[justchilling]

I don’t trust Google with my privacy, and definitely not with my emails. I have one anonymous Google account just for my YouTube, and a totally different anonymous account for Google maps, that’s it.
Great channel by the way 👍🏼

[matt_nyc_audioengineer]

Hey bud great video, thank you for the tips. I'll give you a tip in return. The mic you are using is meant to have the audio come in the front, not the top. So you would want to flip the mic up and speak into the front of the mic. Just make sure you are speaking into the front and not the back. Your audio will improve GREATLY if you do that. I'm a professional audio engineer so recording and mixing is my profession! Anyway, just a friendly tip. Thanks again for the video!

[TheYogina]

I like your security advice. In fact I think you're one of the best guys on here. You give practical advise with out going over the top.

[nevigo]

I have tried it too. To be locked out is a PITA. So now I use a strong PW and 2FA. It's essential with a Google account. Thanks.

[theguidinglight]

i've recently been attacked by who knows who in the online world, and have been getting emails about suspicious people trying to sign in, or successfully signing into my accounts. i've had to outright shut down two accounts on different websites, and am going full blown max security on everything. its been annoying to deal with this new security stuff, but i feel safer and less vulnerable.

[alicias]

Thank you very much for all this very helpful, informative and great information.Your amazing. Thank you.

[DireNeeds]

Thank You. I have made my way to my account's security page in the past. The video was a good reminder to do so again.

[glenbarrington]

Thanks! I've been thinking about a 2FA physical key, and this has solidified my intent! Quick question, can one buy a fancy fingerprint 2Fa key as primary device and then use a cheaper device with fewer features as a backup? Also, must the 2 devices be from the same mfgr?

[JamesEmirzianWaldementer]

Thank you for listening about the scammers

hey! really good and educational video! incredibly useful for anyone. one crucial thing though; don't use your mobile phone number for 2FA or as a recovery method in general! whatever you do, don't do it! don't use your phone number as a recovery method anywhere on any platform at all! it allows for "sim-swapping" attacks to take place and be used to gain access to everything you use your phone number for.
keep this in mind wherever you sign up! you should make a video about this and "sim-swapping" in general. ❤️

[abdaleali]

Appreciate for ur hard working, can you plz tell me if it's risk to use enhanced safe browsing for my security chrome.

[frugalliving]

Hi, question I sometimes find clients emails placed in filters or spam even I didn't check the spam box. Somehow they just land there. Super annoying. I also use a crm so maybe that's what's sending stuff there? I'm thinking of switching to Proton mail but I use surfshark so not sure if it's compatible.

[pedroblanco]

Hi Josh, I'm considering the final step in your helpful video. Do you know how many keys I can program for the Google Advanced Security Plan?
When I went to sign up, it seemed to default to two, however I have more. Thanks for advising.

[kennethng]

Can you talk about the yubikey primary and backup? Is it just two yubikeys set up independently or do. you do something to copy the contents of the primary onto the backup? I like the idea of yubikey but am afraid of losing it.

[sugarpuddin]

2FA is vulnerable and this method give information to Google regarding your other devices; which it will now tie into its analysis of who and where you are, where you go, who you know, and all other issues Google should not be monitoring

[BillyPilgrim-dscv]

Really helpful and well explained - thanks

[mitchellquartero]

Thanks I use two factor on all my accounts and I constantly changing security updates every 5-6 months and I use a password manager

[dr.maazasif]

Very informative and helpful video. Thank you. 👍