How to Protect Your Social Network Accounts from Hackers

First order of business for today: Setting up two-factor authentication for Google. To do that, you’ll need to go into your Gmail Settings (it’s the icon that looks like a little gear in the upper right corner of your inbox). From there:

1. Select Settings, then Accounts and Import.
2. Under Change account settings select “Other Google Account settings”.
3. That will take you to a Web page for your Accounts. Select Security from the left-hand menu. You may be prompted for your password again.
4. Under “2-step verification” you’ll see “Status: OFF.” Click the Edit button next to that. That will take you to a Web page wizard that will walk you through the process of having a six-digit verification code sent to you via text or a robo-call.