Recover your Google password via Text Message

By -

Google VoiceIf you’ve ever had your Google account compromised you know how frustrating that can be.  It happened to my brother and he was unable to get Google to reactivate his account and had to create a new one. It was very time consuming and he also lost all of his email.  Luckily he didn’t have anything crucial in the account, I think.  Anyway, there is a new feature from Google that allows you to prove that you own your account.  You can setup a mobile phone number that Google will use to text you a code to reactivate your account.

Click here to activate this feature.  You’ll be asked to verify your Google password and then you should be presented a screen that looks like this: accountrecovery

Click “Add a mobile phone number” and add your phone to enable this feature. 

On a side note I just got Google Voice. What happens if I use my Google Voice number for my mobile phone number for this and I get locked out of my Google account? That would suck.

Popular posts from this blog

Microsoft Security Essentials

By -
Image
I hate paying for software.  I will occasionally do it if I cannot find it easily online or if I feel the developer deserves the cash.  I’ve used many different anti-virus software packages over the years and I think I finally found one that I really like.  It also happens to be free.  I used to use Norton Antivirus like many people. I’d pay for it because I didn’t think there was any other way.  I then moved on to a free version of McAffee that my school gave me.  I probably used that for years before moving on to the next one; AVG. I loved AVG for a long time.  It was fairly quick, updated often but it was a little obtrusive.  I dealt with that though because the product was truly free.  About a year ago I AVG had a false positive that caused iTunes to get messed up.  I freaked out and uninstalled AVG and iTunes so nothing bad would happen to my music collection.  The next day a fix was issued but it was already too late for ...
Read more

Friday Linkage [Michael Jackson Edition]

By -
Image
In honor of Michael Jackson’s passing I’m going to start today’s blog post with a video of one of his best moonwalks.  Have a good weekend and listen to the King of Pop this weekend. Click here if you can't view this video Links: Giant Cowboys Stadium LED wall caught playing Xbox 360 during downtime Google Docs Backup Software Become a Gmail Ninja Awesome Internet thing: Bill Murray does Carl Spackler Soccer in South Africa Giant Wraparound Screen Shows Air Traffic in Real-Time Five things missing from the iPhone 3GS Google City Tours Google Account Recovery via SMS HTC Hero Android Phone Hands-On (With Video) Google Voice Invites Going Out to Reservations List This iPhone is Freakin' Hilarious
Read more

Random Friday Links

By -
Image
Here are a few things I found this week that didn’t make it to the blog. Make Your System Clean Up Old Downloads Automatically Size Of The Universe Skittles Vodka Tutorial TribesNEXT - Online Multiplayer Support for Tribes 2 Pod to PC Transfers Music from Any iPod, iPhone Onto Your PC The Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan - Open Source Funding
Read more