Friday 30 March 2012

Tips for Online Privacy

• Protect your email. Never use your personal or work email when you need to register an email account. Sign up for a free internet based email provider like hotmail or gmail.

• Recognize secure websites by looking for the letters https in from of web address. The site should have a digital signature that can be trusted and ensures that communication is secure.

• Buy or use anti-virus software and keep it up to date. Install and learn how to use a personal firewall and download the latest security updates for your web browser, e.g. Firefox.

• Keep it private. Don’t let it loose in cyberspace.

• Avoid making payments while using an unsecured public WIFI network.

2 comments:

  1. Nice tips. All the points are valuable and should be given consideration to be safe and to secure confidential data. Thanks a lot for posting all these good ideas.
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