Billion/trillion of computers are connected to Internet. Most people are using Internet for their day to day work. Sometime they use lot of PCs to access Internet. Can you ensure that you and your information are secure? Most people have no idea about this. Lot of Internet users have no idea about this matter although this is a very important Matter. There are lot of hackers, Spyware & virus are waiting to steal your information and to damage your privacy information. Sometime users lost their information and privacy by them self because they don't have proper knowledge in this matter. All Internet & PC users must follow good practices to secure their information. So I am going to give basic knowledge how to secure your privacy and information while you are using Internet. These are few tips to follow easily;
Hope you get some knowledge about how to protect your information and privacy when you use Computer and Internet. If you have more questions about this please post here.
Good Luck!
- Don't log into your accounts (E-mail, Bank) or Enter credit card information using computer which don't have proper Anti Virus Guard and Firewall. Although it is your personal PC don't use it with Internet without proper Anti Virus and Firewall protection)
- Don't use simple and guessable password for any account. It mean don't use birthday, phone number, fathers name, wife names etc as password.
- When you create a password use letter, Numbers and at least one special character for it. Then it will difficult to hack your password.
- Don't log into your accounts (E-mail, Bank, Credit Card) using unsecured common computer such as Internet cafe Computers etc.
- Don't save your password any computer other than your personal computer which you use. (Personally I recommend you should not save your password on your PC also)
- Every time you going to finish your work don't forget to sign out all account you use and clear Internet history and cookies.
- Try to change your all account passwords at least once a month.
- Don't forgot Security questions & answer when you enter create E-mail and some other accounts. This will helpful to recover your account if you forgot or if you unable to access your account.
- If you have been asked a e-mail address when you create an account you must enter a valid accessible E-mail address. This is very helpful for recover your account same as security question.
- Don't write your password anywhere others can access. Don't forget to keep your password secure.
Hope you get some knowledge about how to protect your information and privacy when you use Computer and Internet. If you have more questions about this please post here.
Good Luck!
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