Good stuff, well worth examining every so often.Īnyway, that’s the story with the bogus recovery email settings. If you’re curious, it’s just about all related to all the test devices we receive here at AskDaveTaylor HQ: sign in to a new Android phone or tablet, a computer or even a TV for YouTube and it shows up on the list to be confirmed or blocked. Click on it, the Google security check-up is well worth the extra few minutes to check and manage. Higher up on the page is an option for a Security Audit. Yours isn’t set or is set to an account you no longer have? Update it by clicking on it. I’ve obviously blanked out the latter two for my own privacy and account security, but the top one is accurate and I retain control of that email inbox too, so it’s good. I have three set up, an email address called “ recovery email“, a recovery phone, and a security question. Anyway, click on “ Change password recovery options” and you’ll get here: Yes, for reasons I can’t explain, Gmail still has an interface that looks like it was designed in 1997. In Gmail, go to Settings and navigate to the “Accounts and Import” tab: So where is that recovery information in case you ever lose access to your Google / Gmail account? That’s worth checking out while we’re here. Nothing to stress about, really, and you haven’t messed up their account either: it’ll just show that they haven’t set up a recovery email address. Choose to disconnect, click the little button and choose “Submit” to proceed. Two options don’t make any changes or disconnect your email address from the new Gmail addr. Click on that link: time to disavow this connection. “If you didn’t create this Gmail address and don’t recognize this email address, please visit…” followed by a pretty gnarly URL. Look closely at the bottom portion, however. A typo? Or did they think I’d help out in the case of an emergency ? I don’t actually know who “rayenragaven” is, but hey, they used my email address as their backup, so it’s fair game, right? Anyway, what’s happened is that they signed up with their address, it worked fine with Gmail, and then they set up my address – d1taylor – as their backup. To start out, here’s the Gmail notification I received: Let’s go through all the steps, shall we? You can also “disavow” your address as the recovery address for the unknown account, which is probably a good idea. Well, as safe as it ever is here on the Interwebs, at least. The good news is that there’s nothing to worry about, your account security hasn’t been compromised, no-one’s pretending to be you on Gmail, and your identity is safe. Well done!” even though I have no idea what they’re talking about. I figure it’s a typo, but I’ll get an email from Google saying basically “congrats on setting up your new Gmail account. I know just what you’re talking about because once every few months someone does that with me.
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