[Twotone]

3. Giving out too much information on-line.
4. Connecting to unprotected public networks.
5. Clicking on dodgy links.

There are so many people out there with good skills used for evil purposes. I don’t know what you do about that, but I have some ideas...

[Candor7]

The nugatory question is: How does one contact a hacker as a contrator for hire?

[Dr. Sivana]

I have my own domain, so I also have a dozen e-mail accounts that I cycle through for different sites. When I get an unsolicited email (or one of those send me money or I will release my spyware videos of you going to nasty website phony threats), I can greatly narrow down possible sources of the breach.

[OldCountryBoy]

I was attending an outdoor event. I checked my phone, and found it downloading some software. I stopped that action (I think…) and turned off WI-FI seeking.

Is there a way to specify the WI-FI networks that your device is allowed to connect to?

[Fiji Hill]

The problem with passwords is remembering them. The greatest password in the world is useless if you can’t remember it. And you don’t dare store your passwords in a computer, since it might get hacked.

[MayflowerMadam]

“1. Using out-of-date software”

I always assume that when software is being updated, it’s being done to make you less secure, and easier for Uncle Sugar to break in.

I have only 2 passwords in my cell. FR and Gmail to be able to use Android. And the sites are always active so I’m not logging in every time.

Don’t do email on my cell so no links coming in that could be suspicious. Although I’ve seen some texts that looked suspicious.

Absolutely nothing financial, ever. No credit cards or banking.

My nephew gave his young teen daughter a Gabb cell phone made especially to keep kids safe. Talk and text only. It sounds attractive — like back in the early days of cellular.

[DouglasKC]

The truth is most people are not targets. We become targets when we do something stupid like clicking on unknown links. But there’s not an endless stream of hackers trying to get into your computer or phone. They go after the big fish and don’t waste time on minnows.

[Vaduz]

I miss pay phones and pagers less problems.

[RideForever]

He says that the big risk of re-using passwords is that if even one site you use is compromised, it can give hackers access to all of your accounts.

Wait 'til you're 70 and try to remember all your 'current' passwords.

[sauropod]

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[Attention Surplus Disorder]

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