CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Online marketplace EBay is the
latest website to report a possible security breach. 22News is working for you
with information you need to know about keeping your personal data private on
the Internet.
When you type in your password to check your e-mail, bank
account and messages on social media, how secure is your information? Experts
recommend using a different password for every website you visit and changing
your password every
However, many people admit, that just creates more problems.
Bill McKinstry of Chicopee told 22News, “You kind of get
confused what they are any more, and half the time you get kicked out because
you’re using the wrong one.”
Now there’s something else you can do to protect your
information. Companies, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft offer a
two-step verification feature. If you or someone else try to log on to your
account for a new device, they will send you a text message with a security
code. You’ll then need to type in that security code to access your account on
that new device. Think of it as a double password log in.
Zach Joslyn of Chicopee told 22News, “It’s kind of cool.
Just in case, keeping everything a little more private. At least you know
somebody else used it if you don’t know anything about that, so yeah, that’s
pretty cool.”
Other safety tips include always using a combination of
upper case, lower case and numbers to create a complex password and installing
an anti-virus program on your computer.
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