2. CYBER PRIVACY
Internet privacy involves the right or mandate of personal privacy concerning the storing, re-purposing,
provision to third parties, and displaying of information pertaining to oneself via Internet.
Internet privacy is a subset of data privacy. Privacy concerns have been articulated from the
beginnings of large-scale computer sharing
Risks of Internet privacy
CYBER TERRORISM
DON’T GIVE PERSONAL INFORMATIONS
DON’T GIVE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO A THIRD PARTY APPLICATION
SUCH AS :ACCESS TO GALLERY,LOCATION,PERMISSION TO GALLERY,
DON’T DISCLUSE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION FOR AN WEB SERVICE
IF THEY ARE ASKING PERSONAL DETAILS IN A PUBLIC PLATFORM YOU DON’T WANT TO SHARE ANY
DETAILS FOR ANY TYPE OF WEB SERVICES ITS AGAINST CYBER PRIVACY
CYBER PRIVACY IS CONNECTED TO PASSWORD PROTECTON
3. PASSWORD PROTECTION
Don’t Be Complacent
Even if you keep your passwords and devices secure, the companies with which
you do business might not. Assume the worst and always take every precaution.
precaution.
Yahoo, Equifax, Target, Microsoft, Facebook, Instagram…
Keep Your Passwords Unique
If you re-use the same password everywhere, your accounts will fall like dominoes if even one of
dominoes if even one of them is breached. Never re-use passwords from one site to another.
one site to another.
Avoid Common Passwords
Besides using different passwords on each of your accounts, take care to avoid passwords other
avoid passwords other people typically use. Don’t use “password123”, “qwerty”, or “123456”.
“qwerty”, or “123456”. Anything that is really obvious to you is also obvious to everyone else, so
obvious to everyone else, so you have to dig deeper to come up with something uncommon.
something uncommon.
4. Be Careful with the Password Length
Good passwords should be at least 8 characters long, but 10 characters is better.
As passwords get longer and longer, it gets harder to remember them, so don’t make it
long to easily remember and type—if your password is really lengthy and complicated,
site you’re logging into might “time out” before you finish entering it, and you’re m
to have typos that will potentially lock you out of the account. Come up with a good
for your passwords, but not so long that it’s impossible to enter.
Don’t Change Them Too Often
Many workplaces make people change their passwords every few months; this practice
just makes it more likely people will forget their passwords or write them down on a
note. Better to keep strong, unique passwords for longer than to change them too fre
Use a Password Manager
Since none of us can remember unique passwords for all of our accounts, software tool
available to create strong, unique passwords and fill them in for you when you log i
It’s possible the web browser you use has built-in password management tools you can
.
