Six Steps To Protect
Your Email Privacy
1.
Use a strong password
You
give out your email address all the time; it’s not really private information. That
being the case, the only thing that protecting your account from misuse in the
password .A malefactor who guesses your too weak password gains full control of
email account with a strong password, especially if you use a web based email
provider like Gmail or Yahoo.
2.
Beware public PCs
If
you check your email on public in a Library or Internet cafe, be absolutely
sure you’ve logged out before leaving. Even then, you might be leaving behind
traces that that could give next users too much information about you.
3.
Protect your address
It
is true that you give out your email address every time you send a message, but
there’s no need to give it to the whole world. Don’t include your email address
in comments in blogs post. Spammers and Scammers scrape pages all the time
looking for new victims.
4.
Lock it up
If
you step away from your desktop, the windows desktops or close your email
client. Otherwise a sneaky co worker can read your mail or reset your login
password .Hold the windows key press L to lock the desktop instantly.
5.
Don’t be fooled.
Your
email provider has sent you notification
of a security breach with a link to reset your password .Don’t click that link
! It’s almost certainly fraud , designed to steal you email your account if you
have any doubt, navigate to email provider site directly and double click.
6.
Use Encryption
Sometimes
you just have to send sensitive information by email. To keep your data safe,
Save it as document and use your word processing application built-in encryptions,
or store the document in an encryption zip file. Then share the password with
the recipient separately. If you need encryption frequently, try up free email
encryption product like Private Sky or Unlocked.
By Smriti Pradhan
Class VIII