Digital Awareness 2015-16 Sakshee: 2015

Thursday 6 August 2015

Safety from Hacking Attacks

If hacker wants to hack your account he/she will use a software.

If password is not strong than hacker will hack your personal information. In this post I am going to describe some of the ways in which hacker can steal our personal information from our careless use of social networking sites.

On Instagram or Facebook or YouTube and other such sites,

A hacker can hack your user name or location using a software to hack into your Instagram account. Therefore it is important to keep your password safe and changing it regularly.

It is possible to use online safety measures provided by social networking sites too. One can change the settings and can make arrangements for a SMS being sent to you to inform if anyone tries to logging from a new location or a new device into your account.

Google these days offers an option where you get SMS of a OTP (One Time Password) security code on your registered mobile number. Without entering this code no one can log in in to your account.

It is wise to use adequate safety measures while we want to enjoy out online and offline life.

Wednesday 5 August 2015

Basics of password safety

Do you use social media?

Is that a question? not really, the answer is going to be a big YES, from readers of this blog.

If one uses any of the following sites:

Facebook
Gmail / google+
Twitter
Instagram/ picasa/ Google Photos/ you tube

And if you often forget your passwords what do you do?

If you use any such ways to recall your passwords, then you must continue to read this blog post properly.

Do's & Don'ts of creating a safe password

Passwords must be at least 8 characters long.

Passwords must contain few alphabets, numbers and symbols.

Your password should ideally not contain easily predictable words related to you, i.e. your name, address or your pet's name etc.

Never share your passwords of any type of account (email, Facebook, screen unlock code, bank account or ATM PIN, etc.

In the next post. I shall write about "Hacking".

In a blog on digital awareness on security using social networking. I have chosen to write about passwords in the first past. As secure password is most important to enjoy safe use of social networking sites online.