Gmail warns for suspicious activity

Kaustubh Katdare

Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Oct 23, 2024
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Now, if it looks like something unusual is going on with your account, we'll alert you by posting a warning message saying, "Warning: We believe your account was last accessed from…" along with the geographic region that we can best associate with the access.
To determine when to display this message, our automated system matches the relevant IP address, logged per the Gmail privacy policy, to a broad geographical location. While we don't have the capability to determine the specific location from which an account is accessed, a login appearing to come from one country and occurring a few hours after a login from another country may trigger an alert.
Great feature, Indeed! :-D
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  • MaRo

    MaRo

    @maro-Ce3knx • Mar 25, 2010

    "Warning: We believe your account was last accessed from [your country], Oh my! from your computer!....It's you!"
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  • durga ch

    durga ch

    @durga-TpX3gO • Mar 25, 2010

    what if the attack is from with my area of residence? say someone hacks my wireless internet connection? and sniffed on the login details? then ?
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  • Ashraf HZ

    Ashraf HZ

    @Ash • Mar 25, 2010

    You can always track the IP addresses used to access your account (as well as know when the account is being accessed from two places at once), but in Durga's case, there won't be a warning.
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