Safety On the internet
There are many determining factors when it comes to safety on the internet that is exactly what the purpose of this page is
How about having good Account Security?
Choose a Hard to Guess Password . It will be a lot harder for hackers, cyber thieves and cyber
criminals to figure out your password and hack into your internet related
accounts.Passwords are a major weak spot when it comes to account security so it is very
important to pick difficult to guess passwords. Like 987654321 and Password are not really
considered a “Strong Password†because of how basic and easy to guess they are. You
want to make a password that is at least 16 characters long. Also mixing up symbols and
numbers will make it a lot harder for cyber criminals to guess your password and break into
your online accounts.(1)
What is safe to download from the internet?
What is safe to download from the internet?
One of the main goals a cyber criminal or cyber thieves have in mind , is to put some kind of
virus one your internet surfing device like a PC or smart phone. This is done to try and steal
all your private info , and as we know cyber criminals and cyber thieves love to steal all
your private info. Most of these cyber criminals will also try to convince you to install some
form of software on your internet browsing device by discussing it as a different piece of
software, like a video game for example. So to make sure that you do not get any kind of
virus on your internet surfing device always download software from Trust websites
,Microsoft and Sony are a few examples of trust sites. (2)
Where is a safe place to give private info?
2. If you have spent a reasonable amount of time surfing on the internet you would have ran into
a situation where you would need to share private info. For example your IP address/postal
code , your credit card number and other very important private info. All of that private info
is exactly what a cyber criminal wants. So you might run into some sketchy websites that
will ask for credit card info and an IP address so you can order some kind of item. There
are a couple of things you want to keep in mind when making this kind of purechase. First
of all make sure the website you are ordering from has been verified as actually a website
for online purchases(2) . Another way to tell if it is safe to share this kind of private info on a
website is if it is encrypted(HTTPS). If a site that means the site’s info(code) is not so easily
readable by hackers and cyber criminals , here is a little example
This is a string of text that is completely readable
vs
ITM0IRyiEhVpa6VnKyExMiEgNveroyWBPlgGyfkflYjDaaFf/Kn3bo3OfghBPDWo6AfSHlNtL8N7ITEwIXc1gU5X73xMsJormzzXlwOyrCs+9XCPk63Y+z0= (After encrypted)
As you can see, encrypting a website makes it a lot harder for someone to read the HTML code of a
given website(4). A very easy way to tell if a website is encrypted is to look on the left side of a
URL. If you see a lock it means the site is using HTTPS and not HTTP(3) .