4 Quick Tips — How to Protect Yourself Online
How to Protect Yourself Online
Internet users can protect themselves from cybercrime with the following quick tips:
• Only download mobile apps from official app stores, such as iTunes and the Android Market, and read user reviews before downloading them.
• Be extra vigilant when reviewing and responding to emails. (I call this “use paranoid common sense”.)
• Watch out for too-good-to-be-true offers on social networks, like free airline tickets. Never agree to reveal your personal information just to participate in a promotion. (Or get a free magazine subscription..)
• Don’t accept requests on social networks from people you don’t know in real life. Wait to post pictures and comments about your vacation until you’ve already returned home.
I am not sure I agree with the order McAfee chose to put these in.. but I assure you this is good information here.
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What about using a vpn service such as hush tunnel or hotspot shield? That is a way of protecting yourself that has been missed out here
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james ward,
There are many “precautions” people should take before connecting to the Internet (and certain “healthy paranoia” needs to be adopted) that did not make this “quick tips” list. But that doesn’t mean they are not good ideas.. and yes, VPN, is one such.
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