Gmail Tip: Sign Out Remotely
If you’re like me, you use Gmail all day, no matter what computer you are using. Maybe you sometimes use other people’s computers to access your Gmail remotely. It is always a good idea for security reasons to log out of Gmail whenever you finish using a given computer, but we users don’t always do what we’re supposed to do.
Gmail has our back, with the ability to sign out of any Gmail session remotely from any computer we are using at the time. It’s been available for a year, but bears reminding for those who forget such things. Just click on the details link at the bottom of the main Gmail screen:
This will pop up a window that shows the details about your recent activity and list all currently open sessions. Just tap the button to log out of all other sessions remotely to start a clean slate.
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James –
Interested in your thoughts here. It’s interesting that so many people give this a positive spin. It is good that there a feature that enables you to force logout an old session, but why not just automatically log you out after a certain amount of time to ensure security? This puts the priority on the security itself, not on the user’s ability to remember to be secure.
Thanks,
Brandon
Thanks for that one, James.