Put two-step sign-in on your three most important accounts
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An hour's work closes the door that most account break-ins come through. Email first: whoever holds your email can reset everything else.
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How to start
- Read our plain guide to passwords and two-step sign-in.
- Turn it on for your main email account, then your bank, then your phone account.
- Write the backup codes on paper and keep them somewhere safe at home.
Where to go
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Plan this
Pick a day, or a month, and we will set out how to get ready, step by step, with a date and a reason for each. Projects run over months and stall without a rhythm, so the plan sets milestones you can see.
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