A Simpler Guide to Online Security for Everyone: How to protect yourself and stay safe from fraud, scams and hackers with easy cyber security tips for your Gmail, Docs and other Go by Ceri Clark

Author:Ceri Clark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: online safety, cyber security, cybersecurity, email, online security
Publisher: Ceri Clark
Published: 2015-12-07T16:00:00+00:00

Use your own devices where possible

If you are staying in a hotel or going to an internet café, try to use your own phone, laptop or mobile device.

By using your equipment, you know (if you have taken the right security precautions such as anti-virus software) that no malicious software has been installed before you get there to view your screen or record what you type. Using your own equipment easily eliminates a set of threats to your security.

Use sites that connect with https

When you connect to a site on the internet, you can either view the website on a protected (https) or unprotected address (http). The ‘s’ in https stands for secure. It means that the connection is encrypted so that only you and the site you are visiting will see what you are doing. A ‘listener’ may see that you have visited your bank but they will not be able to see your passwords or anything that you are doing while you are there.

If you can, and if the site supports it, you should always log on to a website using https.

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