Gmail Customer Support team has a tried and tested algorithm to recover the misplaced passwords

Account passwords arethe most crucial information for users in the online space. Owing to multiple accounts maintained by online users to take advantage of the various online services that are at their disposal, many a time customer tend to misplace their passwords which causes a lot of confusion and inconvenience to them. Although on one hand, it is extremely important for email service providers to design systems where in they can quickly reset the passwords of users upon enquiry, but at the same time, the system is bound to be secure. Disclosure of passwords to unauthorized intruders may lead to disastrous results which may extend up to n account getting hacked and being mal-used for unscrupulous operations.

The Gmail Customer Support numberhas a tried and tested algorithm to recover the misplaced passwords by the users. The recovery mechanism can be performed both online as well as by getting in touch with the customer care executives. Customers must note that it is extremely important to abide by following protocols:-

1. Customers must update their contact information – mobile number and alternate email address which are registered with the account. The verification code which is the key to the account is communicated in either the mobile number registered or through the alternate email address.
2. Customers must remember the key to the hint questions that they had set while registering the account. Under unforeseen circumstances when the registered contact points of customers are not valid, this is the only way the customer care executive authenticates the user.

In case if any password recovery issue, customers can follow a series of steps as designed by the website. They can click on the hyper link named ‘Need Help’ which would then take the user to a list of options stating the reason of account log in failure. The user must select the appropriate option relating to password issue. Post that, the user would have to enter the user name corresponding to the email account for which the password needs to be reset. The customer would be then asked any of the previously set passwords, as a proof of authentication. Once the authentication is confirmed, the contact point of the customers is fetched and a verification code is sent to them. The users can then use this code to unlock their account. Users, however, are recommended to change their password in the first log in order to prevent any security breaches, as these verification codes are system generated and can be easily tracked.