online security
From posting images online to completing forms for online shops and services, we’re constantly putting personal information on the web. But the more we do this, the more care we have to take, to make sure it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
One illegal way of collecting your personal information is ‘phishing’. For example criminals create fake web sites, then persuade you to enter your bank details or other personal data such as passwords or security codes. There’s also a growing range of purpose-designed software, called ‘spyware’, that infects your computer and seeks out personal information.
It’s more and more important that we know about these dangers. And that we’re careful about how much information we reveal online.
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