Keeping Your Online Identities and Computer Safe
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Here are some keys to keeping your Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, or any other accounts you have from being hacked.
- Don’t use common words or include any part of your username or email address in your password.
- Use uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and special characters if possible in your password.
- Don’t share your login information with anyone or anywebsite unless you know for sure it’s safe.
- Don’t share any personal information, like birthday, SSN, mother’s maiden name, etc.
- Don’t write down your password and username. Especially on the same paper. If you have to write it down, keep it somewhere safe, like…a SAFE!!! Pun intended.
- Finally, keep your email address safe. Don’t post your email address for people to see.
These are just a few tips that can help you keep your information secure and your accounts from being compromised. Hackers and spammers use every tool imaiginable to get your information. They may send you a link in an email that is malicious, they may just ask you outwright for the information they want, thinking you are gullible enough to provide it.
Be sure to have some anti-virus software installed on your computer. Symantec and McAfee are very good and popular options.
Avoid these common passwords:
password
123456
qwerty
abc123
letmein
monkey
myspace1
password1
link182
(your first name)
Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2113976,00.asp
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