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To read all his tips, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.labnol.org\/internet\/gmail-and-google-apps-hacked\/11799\/\">continue here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amit Agarwal is a professional blogger, and despite what he knows about choosing secure passwords, his Gmail account was hacked. Going through the recovery process to regain control of his Google accounts, he learned some interesting things. 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