{"id":35722,"date":"2019-06-26T21:43:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T13:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=35722"},"modified":"2019-06-26T21:43:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T13:43:56","slug":"security-tips-when-creating-an-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2019\/06\/26\/security-tips-when-creating-an-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Security tips when creating an account"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everything that you do online now requires that you have an account with the designated website. This brings with it a host of concerns for people as they need to ensure that their account is safe from hackers, and their information kept secure. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course, this is vitally important for users as with many apps a breach of their account could see bank information and sensitive personal information leaked. The risk of this information being in the wrong hands means that the security when creating an account is of the utmost importance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MULTIPLE\nE-MAIL ADDRESSES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first thing that any website asking you\nto create an account will require is an e-mail address. It doesn\u2019t matter if\nyou\u2019re signing up for a shop such as ASOS or an online casino for poker or\nroulette, where you can play them at\nNovibet<\/a>; either way, you need an e-mail address which is safe away from\nspammers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best way to combat this is to have\nseparate e-mail addresses for personal use and work. Both addresses should be a\nmixture of numbers and letters to ensure that you avoid \u2018dictionary attacks\u2019.\nShould your e-mail address be unique, then it will be near impossible for\nspammers to find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USER\nNAME<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step, when ensuring the security\nof your account is by selecting a unique user name. This name shouldn\u2019t be a\nshorthand version of your e-mail address as it would be a quick way for\nspammers to find your address. These user names are accessible to anybody online;\nso ensure that it isn\u2019t easy for spammers and fraudsters to find your e-mail\naddress by using a lazy username.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PASSWORD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passwords are the route into your account\nand should be treated with care. If your idea of a safe password is a common\none that is used, then anybody would be able to guess it. It should consist of a\nmixture of letters, numbers and symbols<\/a>. However, also be careful about\nusing foreign letters as these may not be available on all keyboards. The\npassword should be at least seven characters long and shouldn\u2019t contain your\nname, username or company information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is crucial that your password is a\nsecret and you shouldn\u2019t share this with anybody. To ensure maximum security,\nyou should change your password every couple of months and don\u2019t write it down\nsince that will be an easy way for the information to fall in the wrong hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MASKING E-MAIL<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes you may have to share your e-mail address on a public website or an online forum. However, there are still ways that you can mask your information from being seen by spammers on their special software. You can simply include a phrase or a character in the address which average viewers will be aware isn\u2019t part of your real address. For example, if your e-mail is dave.smith@example.com, you can change that to dave.smith@nospam.example.com. It is a simple yet very effective way to keep your information safe. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The risk of information being in the wrong hands means that the security when creating an account is of the utmost importance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":35733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-opinions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}