5 tips from Google to help you stay safe online

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Today is Safer Internet Day around the world. This year, the theme is "Together for a Better Internet," which calls on all stakeholders to come together to make the Internet a safer and better place for everyone, especially children and young people.



Below are some tips and recommendations from Google to help keep your account and device more secure.

1. Take the Google Security Checkup
Security Checkup is a step-by-step tool that helps you protect b2b email list your Google Account with personalized recommendations. You can choose which third-party apps can access your account data, check if your passwords have been compromised, and more.

2. Increase your account security with the Advanced Protection Program
The Advanced Protection Program (APP) offers Google’s strongest security mechanism, designed to protect personal and business Google account users who are most at risk from targeted attacks (such as journalists, activists, business leaders, and campaign workers). The industry-leading security tools provided through the program protect users’ accounts and data from new attack methods, such as phishing and malware.

3. Use a password manager
It is difficult for the average person to remember a huge number of passwords. Because of this, people often neglect security for convenience, create weak passwords or reuse them on other sites. Often, these weak passwords are used in phishing attacks and hacking.