Protect the inbox that resets your other accounts
Start with email because it can reset other accounts. Extra verification adds protection, though it can sometimes complicate your own login.
Enable additional login verification for email, payment and social accounts; favor device-based checks.
Device-based checks blocked over 94% of phishing-based account-hijacking attempts in the cited study.
Why consider it?
The research evaluated real account-takeover attempts in Google's login-challenge system. The percentage is the share of observed phishing-based attempts blocked by device-based challenges, not a reduction promised for every service or method. The study also found inconvenience for legitimate users; the book's A grade is inherited.
Read the sources
Source grade A is reproduced from the original work. It does not establish suitability for everyone.
Original item: chapter 14, item 1 ↗Adaptation: Rewritten in English from the locked Chinese original; retained evidence grade and study limits. Effect sizes quoted from the cited source: estimates are kept in their original comparison and population; observational associations are not described as proven personal gains.
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