BEFORE YOU ENTER PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION SUCH AS:
1.Your name
2. Email address
3. Credit Card info
4. other similar sensitive information
CHECK TO SEE IF THE WEBSITE HAS A PRIVACY POLICY PAGE.....
IF IT IS MISSING A PRIVACY PAGE.....leave the site and find a similar site or service that has a POLICY PROTECTING your personal information..
WARNING!!!
Don't take the risk of identity theft or worse with untrusted or shady site.
NEXT..........
DO NOT leave your personal information that you AREN'T comfortable....WHICH MEANS, if you feel THE INFORMATION being REQUESTED is way TOO INTRUSIVE or PERSONAL or IRRELEVANT to the to THE SERVICE or CONTENT you're trying to get from the site, PLEASE DO LEAVE the website..........
MORE TIPS.......
When using SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE such as FACEBOOK and TWITTER or chat site such as GOOGLE CHAT and YAHOO MESSANGER, make sure to put some thought into what your're posting.....BECAUSE search engines are EXTREMELY POWERFUL and can DIG UP random POSTS and MESSAGE on the internet....if you DON'T want your IDENTITY know when POSTING to PUBLIC FORUM or PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE, use a newly created email address and account with no personally identifying information.
FUTHERMORE......
If you're using 'ALWAYS ON" network connection, make sure to INSTALL and MAINTAIN a FIREWALL SOFTWARE prevent your computer from HACKING and REMOTE.......
LAST BUT NOT LEAST......
Manage your PASSWORDS RESPONSIBILITY. DON NOT use the SAME PASSWORD among all websites you join. MAKE sure that the PASSWORD you USE for ENCRYPTED or SECURE sites are DIFFERENT from LESS SECURE sites you visit...
WARNING AGAIN!!!!!!!!
DON'T use the SAME PASSWORD you use for your CREDIT CARDS or BANK ACCOUNTS for your ONLINE ACCOUNTS and vice versa.....
SOME TAUGHT FROM ME.....CONSIDER IT.....
Today online banking is become popular among people in the world...do u think this secure technology for use..because through online hacker will track down our password and can steal or money from bank just by sign in as us through online...as far i know its is not secure to do online banking through open wireless site because the potential of our account been hacker is higher...how does technology can help us in convince consumer that it is safe to do online banking???
>>>>>>>>>TRUE STORY HAS BEEN TOLD<<<<<<<<
Here i wanna to share with all of you about my friend experience, he lost his money that he save in the bank..about rm4000!!! it is a lot of money...so he went to the bank and asking about this problem because he never do those transaction....when the bank officer to the investigation and the bank manager told him that some one has done the transaction on behalf of him...there are two times the transaction happened through online...he was shock and nothing he can do so do the bank manager....he very disappointed because of the incident. my point is where is the security?? what can we do?? can we trust online banking???
