Simple tips and tech to stay safe and secure online

Simple tips and tech to stay safe and secure online-Internet has become a basic necessity today. People use it to fulfill all their requirements, personal as well as professional. Businesses also use internet to maintain the flow of operations. Though its use has made lives easy and better but there are some risks associated to it. If you are an avid internet user, you need to educate yourself about these risks to keep yourself save from online fraud. It is unsafe as hackers can hack your account and take information. Internet risks like virus, spyware, phishing, etc. can harm your personal information and can also destroy your computer. Thus, you should try to be safe while sharing any information, downloading files, doing online payment etc.

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Below discussed are some tips that can help you in availing the online services safely.

Use of complex passwords – Avoid using simple passwords as hackers can easily steal your personal information. Use difficult and unique passwords while logging in any account.  It is suggested to use a password that has a special symbol, one alphabet and one number. Also, make sure to make different passwords for different platforms.

Avoid sharing information – You should not share any information regarding your account details, pin code, etc. on random websites as there are many fraudsters operating the website to steal the personal data. When using public Wi-fi, you need to be more alert as they are more prone to hacking.

Privacy on social media – Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp are those sites using which you share your photos, thoughts to your relatives and friends. Sometimes you don’t know who is trustworthy, genuine or not and you add the person on social media and share your personal stuff. To avoid misuse of your personal details, you should manage your privacy settings on the platform. Also, avoid adding unknown people to your friend list.

Use smartphone for payment – You should avoid swiping the card for payment. These takes place generally while shopping online, use cash payment or make payment from online wallets like Google pay, Paytm etc. instead of using card payment.

Install Antivirus – the common way that hackers use for getting into your system is a virus. These viruses can get into your system, if you click on any suspicious link. To avoid any such attack, you should install anti-virus. You can also add firewall protection to prevent anyone from hacking into your system.

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