Internet safety = your experience + new skills
You have been managing risk your whole life. Staying safer online is no different. You just need to apply your considerable experience in this new environment and master a few new safety skills.
Start with a little background:
- On the Internet, your information is a valuable commodity. Every bit of data about you and your online habits could be worth something to a person or business.
- Information published online is effectively there forever, and it may ultimately be seen by anyone on the Internet.
- Then, understand the risks. People could misuse the information you disclose through email or in a blog to tarnish your reputation, harass you, steal your identity, ruin your credit—even jeopardize your physical safety.
