Always a good reminder to check your settings.
Always a good reminder to check your settings.
Originally shared by David Dickens
Security professional gives access to his account from an app, app is used to hijack account.
Everyone likes what third party apps can do to increase the value of services like Twitter (or Google). But because of how these apps access your account, they often bypass, or at least mitigate, the stronger security settings available from the account provider.
You might want to check to see who you've given access to. In Google you can usually find that information here:
https://myaccount.google.com/security?hl=en#connectedapps
https://www.grahamcluley.com/sorry-nazi-spam-twitter-account/
Originally shared by David Dickens
Security professional gives access to his account from an app, app is used to hijack account.
Everyone likes what third party apps can do to increase the value of services like Twitter (or Google). But because of how these apps access your account, they often bypass, or at least mitigate, the stronger security settings available from the account provider.
You might want to check to see who you've given access to. In Google you can usually find that information here:
https://myaccount.google.com/security?hl=en#connectedapps
https://www.grahamcluley.com/sorry-nazi-spam-twitter-account/
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