William, It's not as easy as you might think to gain access to someone's account. I've been active in the official Gmail Help forum and many of the issues brought up there are similar to yours, i.e., dealing with account recovery issues. You wouldn't believe how many people are unable to regain access to their own account via the account recovery options. Many would probably complain that it's too secure.
You could always enable the 2-step verification option in your Google account settings. Just make sure in your security settings that you have entered a valid recovery email address and a valid cell phone number. Then in order for someone to hack into your account, they would not only need to know your password but would also need to steal your phone. Kenneth On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 11:22 AM, William Qin <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this question isn't about Gmail, but that's the only group I could > find. There's no group matching "Google Accounts" or "security." > > > So, like, I changed my password. But if you type the wrong password, it > says exactly how many days ago it was changed. That's giving away personal > information! And hackers can hack your account using that info. > > > And by the way, there's a link that says "Didn't change your password?" > which leads you to a page to recover your account. But one question it asks > is this: "When was the last time you could access your Google Account?" And > a hacker can just enter the date [number it says on the login] days ago! > > > Also, on the account recovery page, it asks what Google Products you use. > But a hacker might just enter commonly used products like Gmail. > > > Google should really make that more secure. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
