When driving your car the Road Marshal says "fasten your seat belt when you drive” and while surfing the internet Austine the Technologist will say ”
- Put security on your wireless connection
- Install an anti-Virus and anti-Spyware on your Laptop or Desktop
- Don"t use your primary emails on sites that require you to register
- Your passwords must be different on different site when you are registering
- Before starting a purchase, make sure that the lock icon is on the bottom right of your screen indicating a secure SSL connection is there
- Make sure you did not access any financial or confidential sites over a public wireless connection
- When in doubt of a site, don't shop there
- Don't ever reply to unsolicited emails
- Your personal information in online postings and personal web pages should be minimal
- Don't ever give out your social security number online
Forewarned is forearmed!
Be observant now or pay the price of negligence!