Throughout the generations of the early men and counting down to our present time, new cultures, traditions and customs of our lifestyle, is been introduced, in the the whole part of the world globally, non of those old method of dressing still reigns, example for the Americans, who will put on a dress that matches that of a cowboy, who will will wear a native Americans clothing to work on the street, what about those long boots that's use for hunting in the bush at that time, in a totally different ways according to the region or location of the country.
mankind seems to embrace these new inventions, and absorbs them as the best of all, these systems also have some rules and regulations guiding them, in other to keep everything going decently and by arrangement, are you a vigilantee or an anti theft patrol officer, if yes, do you use the same method which you use to track the illegal activities you see going around the area you were been positioned to serve, to also track high ranked criminals, definitely No, is the answer, why because the characters are in any way not the same but look! what about the internet, how do you view your use of the social media sites, do you spend so much longer times in the online world, what information is it that you are trying to get online that keeps you Long. well that should be by the way. see the
Three solid ways of protecting your online identity:
➡ For social media site example, Facebook, twitter, etc
This step starts from when you were registering for a new account, do you remember them asking for your full address, your real names, your current mobile number, or your valid email address, well non of this is foolish for you to provide it's even advisable for you to provide them with a correct information that's required of you. OK, since providing the write information is advisable, in what sense could you protect your social media identity. here is how, you know that there are options to set your privacy settings, why not make use of this features, select those who are to view your mobile number, or your email address, do not reply anyone that asks for your home address, although Facebook doesn't provide options to set a nick name or username,hiding your information via privacy settings is a good way of hiding your sensitive identity, but that's not all, your timeline might expose what you thought you are hidden before, be careful at what you post online, and the way you upload your profile pictures, those your profile pictures expose your family as a whole, did you know that photos been uploaded online doesn't belong to the owner anymore, important thing, mind the type of person you accept as friends or the type of group you join. accepting irrelevant friendship is like stopping on a roadside with your car, to pick up a stranger for a lift, people appear to be friendly online than in reality, do not discuss business issue's, in the public or over an open public wiffi network some hackers might be monitoring your activities.
Secondly, how to protect your online identity
➡for mobile banking and online payments:
Today many organisations prefer to market their products online, like schools, hospitals, power supply company, dstv & tv bills, etc, they would want you to pay for their services online, but their are many online services that offer's different payment method for their customers, however some of these private organizations are scammers, first of all before attempting any payment, ask yourself, why am I paying for this, you must know the answer to this question, also exit any site that doesn't have the "s" after the "http://" next check how popular they are, what people say about them, and how convincing their promise is. example some say that if you pay them this amount you will receive 100% of extra bonus, without stress, do not reply to this type of emails or adverts, for your mobile banking and internet banking, do not reply any email that asks you to update your information such as password, bvn, otp, e-pin or any sensitive information. Your bank will never ask of your information through any website or email.
➡For blogggers and webmaster's
Well for this group of online legends, there is no much to say, are you a blogger or a webmaster, how strong is your admin password, a strong password is the combination of capital letter, small letter, numbers and, symbol, avoid using in public computers which is found in cyber cafe's, to blog, if eventually you found yourself there, make sure not to tick the remember password options, to avoid anyone in accessing your account.
Remain safe don't fall a victim like them but be vigilante like them.
➡ For social media site example, Facebook, twitter, etc
This step starts from when you were registering for a new account, do you remember them asking for your full address, your real names, your current mobile number, or your valid email address, well non of this is foolish for you to provide it's even advisable for you to provide them with a correct information that's required of you. OK, since providing the write information is advisable, in what sense could you protect your social media identity. here is how, you know that there are options to set your privacy settings, why not make use of this features, select those who are to view your mobile number, or your email address, do not reply anyone that asks for your home address, although Facebook doesn't provide options to set a nick name or username,hiding your information via privacy settings is a good way of hiding your sensitive identity, but that's not all, your timeline might expose what you thought you are hidden before, be careful at what you post online, and the way you upload your profile pictures, those your profile pictures expose your family as a whole, did you know that photos been uploaded online doesn't belong to the owner anymore, important thing, mind the type of person you accept as friends or the type of group you join. accepting irrelevant friendship is like stopping on a roadside with your car, to pick up a stranger for a lift, people appear to be friendly online than in reality, do not discuss business issue's, in the public or over an open public wiffi network some hackers might be monitoring your activities.
Secondly, how to protect your online identity
➡for mobile banking and online payments:
Today many organisations prefer to market their products online, like schools, hospitals, power supply company, dstv & tv bills, etc, they would want you to pay for their services online, but their are many online services that offer's different payment method for their customers, however some of these private organizations are scammers, first of all before attempting any payment, ask yourself, why am I paying for this, you must know the answer to this question, also exit any site that doesn't have the "s" after the "http://" next check how popular they are, what people say about them, and how convincing their promise is. example some say that if you pay them this amount you will receive 100% of extra bonus, without stress, do not reply to this type of emails or adverts, for your mobile banking and internet banking, do not reply any email that asks you to update your information such as password, bvn, otp, e-pin or any sensitive information. Your bank will never ask of your information through any website or email.
➡For blogggers and webmaster's
Well for this group of online legends, there is no much to say, are you a blogger or a webmaster, how strong is your admin password, a strong password is the combination of capital letter, small letter, numbers and, symbol, avoid using in public computers which is found in cyber cafe's, to blog, if eventually you found yourself there, make sure not to tick the remember password options, to avoid anyone in accessing your account.
Remain safe don't fall a victim like them but be vigilante like them.
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