Since Wednesday, I have been getting emails and alerts from Google every time I sign into my not-so-secret blog! That is uncalled-for! I do not need a security alert telling me I have signed in. I am allowed to have more than one account, you know. I'm accessing it on the same laptop I have used for over five years. Yet it says my Windows account has been signed into from a new device.
What can I blame for this?
HIPPIE has a glitch sometimes that stops my internet. It still works for my phone. But not for HIPPIE, nor for my new laptop that I used for preparing my taxes last month. It hadn't happened in a while, but I believe it was Wednesday when it did again, and lasted more than the usual one exact hour. But it was less than two hours.
I always shut down HIPPIE before my town trip. Then turn him on again later in the evening. This time, HIPPIE went through the blue screen thing wanting me to set up my laptop. Like it does when you have a new device. He's done this on occasion over the past several years. I never know why. It hasn't caused these notices before.
MY PHONE wouldn't work on Wednesday morning at 6:00 when I tried to call The Pony. It looked like it was working. It let me go into the contacts and make the call. But there was no sound of ringing. And when I tried to send a text, it wouldn't go. So I did a re-start, which took about 10 minutes. Then I received a text from The Pony. And was able to call. The phone had said it was updating apps as it was coming back on.
Now I don't know which device is the culprit for these alerts. They come from Google, the no-reply emails, so I suppose they're legitimate and not phishing. They come to both this blog's email address, and the one for my not-so-secret blog. I do NOT get notices when I sign into THIS blog.
Oh, and I get that little hourglass kind of symbol on my phone, telling me it's a Google Security Alert, and to click if the sign-in was me. Which I do. Or to click another button if I do not recognize the sign-in, and want to lock my account. Which I do not. I do not go into anything else to give any info or change any settings.
It's not that big a deal to delete two emails, and click on one button. Just annoying.
Very annoying.
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NOW, seven hours after I wrote that, I'm getting security notices when I sign in to THIS blog, too. I hope this new pain in my rumpus goes away soon!
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6 comments:
I'd be more wary about clicking things, even Google can be hacked.
River,
I never click on anything in the email. Just delete it. The notice on the phone I click the "it was me" button, to get rid of the notice. Otherwise it stays on my screen.
Interesting, I wonder if there is an update causing this somewhere behind the scenes indeed. I get them only when I log into a new device as usual, but none of yours are new.
I'm the same with emails and don't use my phone for payments or banking or anything else that can be done online instead.
jj,
I was wondering if anybody else had the same problem, but I didn't see anything recent in my search. I can only guess it's my glitch with HIPPIE having an update, or when I restarted my phone and it did an update. Apparently others have had this problem in the past.
River,
Yes. I even keep my online payments to a minimum, except when time is the issue because of such a short window with mailed statements getting here. Even then, I do the Guest Pay, and don't save my info. Which doesn't mean it can't still be hacked...
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