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e-safety [2024/04/17 10:54] lorraineite-safety [2024/05/15 08:45] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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   * **Keep passwords secret -** Don't write down, save or disclose your passwords and pins to coworkers or businesses. Refrain from using the same password for all your accounts.    * **Keep passwords secret -** Don't write down, save or disclose your passwords and pins to coworkers or businesses. Refrain from using the same password for all your accounts. 
  
-===== Internet Habits =====+---- 
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 +===== Internet =====
  
   * **Click smart -** Before clicking on a link, hover your mouse over the link and check the dialogue window that appears. Make sure the link in the window matches the link you are about to click.   * **Click smart -** Before clicking on a link, hover your mouse over the link and check the dialogue window that appears. Make sure the link in the window matches the link you are about to click.
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   * **Think before you share sensitive information -** Look for signs that a web page is safe before you enter sensitive personal or business data. Look for a web address with http__s__ ("s" for secure) and a closed padlock or menu icon in front of the web address - see image [[:site_security.png|here.]]   * **Think before you share sensitive information -** Look for signs that a web page is safe before you enter sensitive personal or business data. Look for a web address with http__s__ ("s" for secure) and a closed padlock or menu icon in front of the web address - see image [[:site_security.png|here.]]
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-===== Email scams =====+===== Email ===== 
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 +  * **Scam and phishing attempts -** Look out for alarmist messages, misspellings and grammatical errors, deals that sound too good to be true, requests for sensitive info like account numbers, and other signs of a scam.
  
   * **Unsolicited emails -** Any unsolicited emails should raise a red flag immediately.   * **Unsolicited emails -** Any unsolicited emails should raise a red flag immediately.
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 +===== Protect your data on the go =====
  
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 ===== Social Media ===== ===== Social Media =====