Chapter 4
Keeping You and Your Business Secure Online
IN THIS CHAPTER
Fighting spam and scams
Choosing a good secret question and password
Reporting hijacked accounts to eBay
Online security is something everybody worries about, but few people do anything about it. When people’s accounts are hacked, they whine and moan about online security, but they don’t give a moment’s thought as to why using a user ID as a password (tell me you didn’t do that) wasn’t the best choice.
Even if you avoid such classic blunders, you have to keep your wits about you online. Sad to say, some people out there are trying to dupe you; it’s time to take charge of our own security and fight back in the best ways we can. Some phishing scams pretend to be from eBay, PayPal, Citibank, and others — and try to bilk you out of your personal information. I show you a fairly foolproof way to recognize those. I also show you how spammers get your email address. Even if you never give it out, they have ways of getting it from you. In this chapter, I hope to teach you how to be a little more savvy about which emails you open — and how to fight back.
Staying Away from Spam
I used to spend at least an hour every ...
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