Tips to ensure Hotmail account safety

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Tips to ensure Hotmail account safety Microsoft Outlook is a software framework for Microsoft's personal information manager, available as part of the Microsoft Office suite. Outlook also provides such features as schedule, task management, contact management, note-taking, journal logging, and web browsing, although it is mainly an email client. If you need any help for hotmail, contact Hotmail customer service number. It's important that you protect it properly if you use Outlook.com formerly Hotmail for email. Your email is a key to almost all that you do online, after all. But there is another explanation why your account with Outlook is so critical. Windows 10 allows you to log into a Microsoft account on your PC. You could be in big trouble if you use this feature and someone steals your account password. Set a Stronger Password The first tip is one of the most important ones: make sure the password for your account is solid. It won't be cut by using a poor password, such as one that's short, obvious, or something that you use on other pages. There should be at least 10 characters with a combination of upper case, lower case, numbers and symbols in a strong password.


Two-Factor Authentication Hopefully, you have heard about two-factor authentication (2FA). In addition to your password to log in it needs something you have, normally a code from an app or text message. With this enabled, it's not enough to log into your Microsoft account with your password alone, shielding you if anyone steals it. Don't share with others your account This will sound obvious, but it should be stated. A simple way to open yourself up to hacking is to share email addresses. Nobody else wants access to your inbox, with very limited exceptions. Check recent activity periodically You can check the history of your Outlook account anytime you want, just like most online accounts. This helps you to ensure that your account has not been signed into by unauthorized workers. To check it, visit the security page of your Microsoft account and select the Review Activity button. To hide your real address, use Alias Accounts


Adding an alias to your email account allows you to send a separate email address to your main inbox that still delivers emails. To quickly recognize which sources, send spam to your inbox, you can use these. They even obfuscate your real address from a security perspective. If you need any help to this contact Hotmail support number.


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