Over the weekend I saw this post about some recent attacks on WordPress sites and verifying WordPress security is enabled. I thought for a moment about adding a password limit plugin when I remembered that I had installed WordFence which actually includes an incorrect password limiting feature. There are a ton of other options to go through with WordFence but here are some of the basic features included in the free version. Read More
Tag: security
Enabling 2-step verification on your Google account
Want to add another layer of security to your Google account – try enabling “2-step verification”.
Some things to understand before enabling 2-step verification for your Google account:
- Certain applications won’t work with your normal Google password with 2-step verification enabled. These applications include:
- Smartphone (Android, iPhone, etc) email apps
- Email clients that use IMAP/POP (Outlook Express, Thunderbird, etc)
- Chat clients (Google talk)
- Anytime you log into your Google account from a different computer than you’ve specified as a trusted computer – more on this below
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Enabling Facebook security settings
I was asked about Facebook’s security settings from a friend the other day and after giving out some advice it got me thinking. I looked at Facebook’s available security settings and wondered what would be good to enable and also what other people might have theirs set to. Read More