So, whether it is the charity workers on the sidewalk asking for my personal information to sign me up to making the world a better place or my utility company asking for direct debit information, I ‘stop and think’.Īnother part of my thought process is doing the due diligence towards protecting my information generally with secure passwords (ideally 32 characters long if the site/app allows it) that are unique across my online presence. Chances are it may already have been breached as part of the numerous data leaks you hear about or don’t in the news.īy no means am I perfect, but I have trained myself over the years to take a pause and think about the information I give out and how it could potentially be misused. How confident do you feel about the same password you use across all your online accounts. The point is, you are one bad password away from unwanted access to your information, your identity, your finances, basically your entire life. Whether it’s your social media profile, your online banking, your favourite shopping website, your child’s school portal or something else. One such practice is the use of secure passwords for our ever-growing web of online identity profiles. ![]() Super busy as we are, we don’t often have the time or the know-how to implement the required security practices needed to protect us from the various threat vectors ( you can read this great article about threat vectors, thanks to Kapua Iao) in this information age. While privacy may seem like a myth in this era of social media, I still choose to believe that access to personal information should require explicit consent, period. I am scrupulous when it comes to individuals or organizations wanting to gain access to my information except for when I choose to share it. Is your password strong enough to keep you out of harm’s way?
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