Use multiple primary email addresses
Not only do that helps reduce the amount of spam you receive in your personal e-mail, but can also help keep your information and private identity. If you use the same email address for social media as you do for the handling of your health insurance, for example, then one of the services leaking your email address and password, you may be at risk a mass recovery account, especially if you have the same password for all accounts. The same goes for employers, medical institutions and other aspects of your life. That's why it's a good idea to keep separate email accounts for different things, for example for social media, one for content related to work and one for personal communication. It should be noted that this same theory applies to your username. In fact, it has more impact on your identity as you think. Check out our guide to your username and privacy for more.
Do not link your online accounts to your social media
When you first download a new mobile application that requires you to register or sign up for a new service, you are usually given the option to link the service to your social media account Facebook, Twitter or another. While this may be an easy way to sign up for something because you do not have to go through the whole sign or registration process, linking all your online accounts with a social media account can put you at risk . The logic is quite simple, if your social media account is ever hacked, the hacker will be able to have access to each and every account linked to that which was originally hacked. This concept applies to email addresses as well. Google, for example, gives you the ability to synchronize all your Gmail, however, if a hacker is able to access only one account, they will also have access to all other email accounts as well. Although the use of social media or email service to create an online account for another service can be easy, you are essentially putting your identity and privacy in danger for the sake of convenience. As such, the safest thing you can do to protect yourself is to create separate connections with different passwords for each of your online accounts. It may take you a little longer to subscribe to new services, but the added security is worth the minute or two.
Avoid using credentials in your password security questions
When creating a strong password, one for all your accounts is vital in this day and age, and something that we talked a bit, the answers creating difficult to guess for your password security questions is equally important. Identification questions like "What is the maiden name of your mother?" And "What city were you born?" Are used for the security of the password and password reset if you forget your password to log in. But much of this information is public, which means that if a hacker really wanted to get into your account or reset your password, all it would take is a quick Web search to find this information and answer your security questions. instead of using something that is on public folders or plastered on your Facebook page, as the name of your niece, opt for more general questions about your favorite color, best friend or name of first pet. If you are forced to select a question about your identity (many sites do not have much variety), use a city or name to help protect your accounts and your identity constituted .
Enable two-factor authentication
Another thing that we have discussed many times before, the two-factor authentication is one of the keys to protect your online accounts. Indeed, when this technology is activated, it will alert you whenever you (or anyone else) to connect to your account. Here's how it works: You enter your user name and password on your account online, then you must enter a unique code, which is sent by email or text message to you, to complete the login process. Because it alerts you whenever you log in to your account on a new device, you can easily recognize if someone else you connect to your account because you will receive an alert with a unique code. Although not all online services offer this form of protection, it is available in a large majority, as indicated by the www.twofactorauth.org site.
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