Online Privacy and Security Practices and My Plan for Making Myself Safer Online

I consider myself to be very safe on the Internet. Scams are probably the biggest security problem we encounter and people should know that they aren’t going to get a free iPad for answer one question. Giving our names, emails, phone numbers and even credit card numbers is how people usually get into trouble. Places such as cafes or airports, anywhere where a person can access the Internet for free is a big place for people to spread infection among computers or devises. By opening up emails from an unknown sender can also expose your computer to a virus or Spyware. There are programs that can remember all that we write in like our credit card numbers and passwords that can get into our personal accounts and cause damage.

A few simple ways to stop this is to install virus protection software on your computer. Just make sure if you download it from an Internet source that it is not going to give you a virus and always be aware of who you are downloading it from. For my personal benefit I have already downloaded an anti-virus software that makes sure all the websites I go onto are safe and checked for bugs. But half of the problem is if I don’t continue to update it, something may break through. I try to make sure that I trust the website I am using and websites like Facebook have been helping people stay safe.