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Make your password complicated. Fluffy1988 is not a safe password if your cat's name is Fluffy and you were born in 1988. Use themes that have nothing to do with yourself. A hacker will try the obvious first. To avoid keeping a list of passwords, it is a good idea to set the same password to all your accounts, and change it often.
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Though your password is important, accounts are usually hacked using the "Forgot Your Password" feature. Because of this, it is important to realize that most of the information asked for in such sections (birthday, zip code, e-mail address) are easy questions to anyone who knows you or has access to your MySpace or Facebook page. It is therefore necessary to have an impenetrable security question. A great way to make a strong security question is to choose different questions for all of your accounts, and have the same complicated answer. For example, your bank account might ask you "What is your mother's middle name?" and your e-mail may ask "Who was your first teacher?" and you can answer both with "britneyspearsisfamous45".
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Don't give anyone your password. The person you give it to may use it less carefully than you would, doing things such as leaving you logged in to a public computer or typing it in front of people. Even if you change your password after they've used it, acount linking and secondary e-mails make it dangerous for anyone to know your old passwords.
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Keep two separate e-mails. Use one socially and give it to friends and family, and use a separate one to use when signing up for online accounts. This way, you can avoid people trying to hack your accounts by knowing your e-mail.
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Know the nature of hackers. Most people assume that hackers are invariably brilliant MIT students who are oppressed by their friends and take solace in trying to guess strangers' passwords. The truth is, most people who will try to hack you will be someone you know or have talked to online. If you keep this in mind when setting up your security information, you will avoid online vulnerability.
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Hacking is not solely a product of people trying to steal your money. Hacking is like any other crime; people have a range of motives. Someone may have seen the comment you posted on a forum and not liked it, so they clicked on your username and found out your e-mail address. They search that e-mail address on MySpace and find you. Now they know your name, your birthday, and where you live. There is nothing you can do against a person like this unless you had the forethought to make your account impenetrable
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Make your password complicated. Fluffy1988 is not a safe password if your cat's name is Fluffy and you were born in 1988. Use themes that have nothing to do with yourself. A hacker will try the obvious first. To avoid keeping a list of passwords, it is a good idea to set the same password to all your accounts, and change it often.
Step
2
Though your password is important, accounts are usually hacked using the "Forgot Your Password" feature. Because of this, it is important to realize that most of the information asked for in such sections (birthday, zip code, e-mail address) are easy questions to anyone who knows you or has access to your MySpace or Facebook page. It is therefore necessary to have an impenetrable security question. A great way to make a strong security question is to choose different questions for all of your accounts, and have the same complicated answer. For example, your bank account might ask you "What is your mother's middle name?" and your e-mail may ask "Who was your first teacher?" and you can answer both with "britneyspearsisfamous45".
Step
3
Don't give anyone your password. The person you give it to may use it less carefully than you would, doing things such as leaving you logged in to a public computer or typing it in front of people. Even if you change your password after they've used it, acount linking and secondary e-mails make it dangerous for anyone to know your old passwords.
Step
4
Keep two separate e-mails. Use one socially and give it to friends and family, and use a separate one to use when signing up for online accounts. This way, you can avoid people trying to hack your accounts by knowing your e-mail.
Step
5
Know the nature of hackers. Most people assume that hackers are invariably brilliant MIT students who are oppressed by their friends and take solace in trying to guess strangers' passwords. The truth is, most people who will try to hack you will be someone you know or have talked to online. If you keep this in mind when setting up your security information, you will avoid online vulnerability.
Step
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Hacking is not solely a product of people trying to steal your money. Hacking is like any other crime; people have a range of motives. Someone may have seen the comment you posted on a forum and not liked it, so they clicked on your username and found out your e-mail address. They search that e-mail address on MySpace and find you. Now they know your name, your birthday, and where you live. There is nothing you can do against a person like this unless you had the forethought to make your account impenetrable
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