With the email service Gmail, you decide which access rights third-party providers and other apps should have on your account. This is how you adjust them for more security.
You can manage Gmail not only via the official Google app and the browser, but also via various external apps. These are usually third-party providers that have nothing to do with Google. What seems harmless to many at first glance can pose a high risk to your security and data protection.
Many such external services require access rights to your Gmail account after setup. But what the operators then do with your data remains questionable. It is particularly bad if the third-party provider is a camouflaged cyber criminal. Because without customized access rights, the third-party providers usually have direct access to your contacts, e-mails and other private data.
It is suspected that developers of third-party apps have direct access to your e-mails and are thus able to read them, among other things. A lot of sensitive data could fall into the wrong hands. Although Google promises to check third-party software carefully, it recommends checking access rights itself. In the following, we will show you step by step how to customize these.
In another guide, we tell you how to send your e-mails encrypted via Gmail for even more security. We’ll also show you how to add accounts from other email services to Gmail.
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