Sometimes people you trust can quickly turn into people who’s hands you don’t want certain power in anymore. Email passwords are obviously sensitive data information that you wouldn’t volunteer to just anybody but sometimes the occasion arises where it might seem ok to share. Quickly things like this can turn around and bite you from behind. If you think someone might be checking your email there are things you can do to be certain before taking any other actions.
The best way to avoid having your email’s santity violated is to never give out your passwords. Not even to spouses. In fact that can end up being more disastrous than anybody else you could give it to. Keep your private information to yourself and you will be safe in your online travels. However, should you need extra security, you can use these tips.
One way to catch someone red-handed snooping through your email is by setting a small trap with a hit counter. All you need to do is set up an account with any free hit counter that provides IP tracking. The counter site will provide you with an html code which would normally be pasted on your personal web site. Take this code and paste it into the HTML editor of your email client. Now send it to yourself from a dummy email address. Make sure to name it something irrisistable like “Password list” or “Credit Card Numbers”.
Now mark the email as “Read” in your email client and wait. Periodically you should check the stats from the hit counter web site. Any hits on that unopened email yet? If there are you have their IP address and more than enough info about them to take further action.
If you use Gmail you can easily see where and when your account was accessed right from your inbox.x. Scrolling to the bottom of the screen, look for an area that says “Account Access”. Click on details and it will show you the most recent data of who has accessed your account from when and where.
Email hacking happens mostly through phishing scams or by knowing the person you are hacking. Don’t make your secret questions easy to guess for someone who knows you. Remember to keep your private data to yourself because there are few people that you can trust in this world.
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