The biggest mistake you can do to threaten your online security is to treat the online world different as far as private information that you would treat the physical world. In other words, if someone walked up to you and says, "Hi, can you please give me your name, address, date of birth, home phone, cell phone, email, names user passwords all your friends names and all their contact information? "I think not.
What sane person could pass cards with their social security number, date of birth, full name , home address and bank account information to each foreign they walk past in the street? But essentially, is what many people do online
Here are seven behavior online risk :.
- pictures Distribution: as innocent as it sounds, pictures of children were known to be stolen and posted on the websites of child pornography right click, save the image as , then save to the desktop. that is all it takes. Does that mean never post pictures of your kids? No, but save the image of your naked two-year girl in the bathtub for your office. And do not post vacation photos until you get home
- Another thing about the photos :. Do not post pictures from engaging in activities that could come back to haunt you in some way. For example, you post a picture of you while smoking a picnic. You apply for a new health insurance and say you are a non-smoker. The insurance company may decide to display your social media images to catch you in the act
- Sounds innocent. You let your kids use your computer. But even if there are parental controls in place, your children can still leave without knowing in a virus. Then you sit down to do banking online ... and the pirate whose virus is in your computer then have your login credentials and bank account numbers, as well as everything else. Ideally, you use a computer designated for only conduct sensitive transactions online.
- A hacker sends (via bot) 10,000 emails that are made to look like they are from UPS. 10,000 random recipients, chances are that many of them are waiting every day for UPS shipping. It could have been you. Will you open the email and click the link inside? If you do, you'll probably download a virus. This is a phishing scam. Contact the company by phone to verify the legitimacy of the email. Better yet, simply never click on the Doggone links.
- Do you know your applications? They know certainly you -way too much, too. Apps for your phone can do the following: read the ID of your phone, constantly monitor your position, run your other applications, know your SIM card number and know your account number. Before downloading an app, know what it can learn more about you.
- Do not take stupid online questionnaires. Whoever is behind them just might want to get as much information about you as possible with the idea to commit identity theft. Do you have a little spare time? Read a book or do a crossword puzzle.
- Never transact business using a Wi-Fi unless you have a VPN. Otherwise, everyone can see cyber-what you do.
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