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6 Tips to Keep Your Personal Information Safe on the Internet

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The Internet has fundamentally changed how we communicate, learn, work, and play. While this has been a helpful tool for increasing access and opportunities for everyone, it has also given rise to cybercrimes such as identity theft, stalking, harassment, and more. In order to stay safe and private online, it’s important to understand how the Internet works and what you can do to protect your personal information and privacy.

Set up Strong Passwords

Strong passwords are the most important part of staying private online. A stolen password allows people to access your account even if you’ve locked it with a passcode or PIN. Make sure each password is different and unique. You can use websites that secure your passwords and make them more difficult to steal.

6 Tips to Keep Your Personal Information Safe on the Internet

Secure Your Device

Your device, whether it be your phone, laptop, or personal computer, is the gateway to your personal information. If your device is old or damaged, then scammers are more likely to hack into it and access your accounts. Make sure your device is up-to-date, has a strong operating system, and has been updated with the latest security patches.

Public Wi-Fi

When using public Wi-Fi, assume that everything you do is public. This includes what you search for, who you talk to, and any browser history you create. Public Wi-Fi is unsecured, meaning that anyone can log onto it with a password. This is common in coffee shops, malls, and other public places. Avoid sharing sensitive information such as logins, passwords, and emails while you are on public Wi-Fi.

Turn On Incognito Mode

Many browsers have incognito mode. This means that none of your search history or login information will be saved. Use this feature when you are entering private information into websites or in public.

Don’t Share Personal Data

One of the best ways to maintain privacy on the Internet is to not share personal data with anyone. This includes not using pictures of you or your real name on social media accounts. 

When sharing photos online, be careful with who you share them with. Make sure that the people you share photos with are not also sharing photos of you. When giving out personal information such as phone numbers, make sure that you’re giving it to people you trust. If you are not sure whether you are about to participate in a scam, take steps to assure you are keeping your information safe first!

Seek Professional Help

Today’s Internet is complicated and dangerous. Often, the best thing you can do to make sure all of your devices are secured and your information is protected is find data protection services UK. With the help of a professional, you will be able to make sure that all of your devices are updated to the newest security benefits so that your information is as safe as possible!

It can be difficult to keep your information protected in today’s world. However, with these tips, it becomes simple and easy to make sure you are safe on the Internet!

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Bitdefender BOX 2 – Protection For Your Home Network and Internet of Things

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Connecting to the internet securely at home is no longer a matter of just enabling your antivirus and firewall software. We no longer connect using our PCs. Instead, many devices are connected to our networks, including smartphones, TVs, smart assistants, streaming boxes, games consoles, and even lightbulbs. I even have internet-connected curtains!

PCs and Smartphones have additional security enabled, but once you start looking at these other devices, you soon find that there are limitations. Hence, a home network security solution out of the box is a welcome product.

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if a box you could install on your network would help secure your internet connection before it even touches these devices? Well, it appears there are indeed such devices.

Enter the Bitdefender BOX, a device (or security hub) that protects all of our internet-connected devices from one single place. The BOX uses machine learning to pick up potential threats and filter unsafe data. It ensures that everything connected to your network is protected from intrusion as new threats are detected.

The Bitdefender BOX also includes software that you can install on your Windows, Mac OS, Android, and iOS devices. It works alongside the hub.

All of this is achieved by replacing your existing WiFi network with a new, highly secure version run from the hub. There is a short process where you will need to connect your devices to this new network. The most straightforward option I found was to disable my existing WiFi network on my ISP’s router and then click the hub via the Ethernet Port.

Suppose you have any network extensions such as a powerline ethernet connector. In that case, you also need to unplug this from your router and connect them to the Bitdefender BOX.

The app takes you through the process in a simple, step-by-step process, which is straightforward to follow. You should be able to keep it up and running. Further, it allows you to monitor threats and warnings moving forward efficiently. If you do get stuck, there is a free setup hotline that you can call 24 hours a day.

One of the things that caught my attention was the protection for younger internet users, including filtering and parental control. It includes ‘predator detection’ options which will come as a relief for parents of young children.

What Bitdefender is offering is not just a simple firewall for your home network. It is much more than a dedicated device protecting your home PCs and Laptops. It is also an IoT security platform protecting the smart devices that you might well have plugged in and forgotten.

The first year of updates is included in the price. However, you will need to subscribe after this to continue to receive updates.

Currently, the Bitdefender Box is priced at £129 and can be purchased directly from their website by clicking here.

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The Gadget Man – Episode 101 – WannaCry – WannaCrypt – Eternal Blue – What Happened and What to Do?

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Following my previous post which can be found here, I talked this morning to Mark Murphy on BBC Radio Suffolk about WannaCry and the effect it has had on the NHS, what needs to be done to stop it happening again and what we can do to protect ourselves.

To read and in depth article on how to protect your computers from such attacks, click here

PLEASE ensure your computers have all their updates installed and make sure you have Anti-Virus software installed.

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The Gadget Man – Episode 71.5 – The state of Internet security with Danvers Baillieu from Hide My Ass

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We’re half way through Cyber Security Month and you can’t open a paper or turn on the TV without hearing about the latest high profile data leak. Security Issues are certainly something that we have covered in the past, so today I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Danvers Baillieu, Chief Operating Officer of Hide My Ass!

Hide My Ass! or HMA are one of the leading firms of companies providing secure VPN connections to the internet and it was great to speak to Danvers to hear his view on current Internet security issues that are seemingly constantly in the news.

In the interview we covered internet security from both a company and personal point of view, how the governments should or shouldn’t involve themselves and what we should be looking out for in the future.

Listen in the stream and let me know what you think of the topics covered.

Thanks to Danvers for taking time out of his day and for Jocelyn from Cow PR for setting up the interview.