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Keep your password safe
Having a strong password is only one of the steps in protecting your accounts. Here are some tips to help you keep your password safe:
Don’t use your name or names of family members or pets in your passwords. Don’t use numbers like your address, phone number, or birthdays, either. These can be publicly available, on forms you fill out or on social media profiles, and easily accessible to hackers. The longer the password, the harder it may be to crack. Try for a minimum of 10 characters.
Encryption doesn’t stop files, emails or details you submit through a website being intercepted – it ‘scrambles’ the content so they can’t be read by unauthorised users.
One of the most common forms of encryption you can make use of is to check for the little padlock symbol next to the URL (or that the address starts with https, not just http) when you're logging in or providing payment details. Most sites use this nowadays anyway, but it's always worth checking!
There’s much more you can get into, from tweaking email settings to encrypting files on your machines.
