Use multiple passwords
Have more than one password for online accounts or – if it’s cracked – thieves will be able to gain access to all your private data at once.
Check your phone’s privacy settings
Turning your GPS location settings to “off” can also keep your family’s whereabouts more private.
Watch out for ‘phishing’ emails
Spam email is getting more and more sophisticated. Never respond to any emails with account info or passwords. Banks will never ever ask for your information in this way. If in doubt, call the bank directly to check or, better still, delete the email.
Keep your communications networks secure
Password-protect your Wi-Fi so hackers in the local area can’t use your connection to carry out malicious activity.
Check for the https://
Before entering payment details into any website, check the web address has an ‘s’ — which stands for secure — after the http. If it doesn’t, don’t use it.
Keep a close eye on your bank statements
Really savvy people crosscheck their receipts with the payment history on their statements, but this isn’t absolutely necessary — just keep an eagle eye out for any unfamiliar transactions to recipients you’ve never heard of.
Monitor post you get through your door, as well as online
Be alert to anything suspicious in the mail, like pre-approved credit cards you’ve not applied for and other financial offers.
Instagram to launch private messaging service
Instagram is rumoured to be preparing for the launch of a new messaging service to rival Snapchat. Instagram is holding a press event in New York today, at which it is expected to announce details of a new private messaging feature. The company sent invitations to members of the media last week, inviting them to “share a moment” with the Instagram team.
The rumoured messaging service, thought to be called ‘Moments’, is expected to be integrated into the main Instagram app, and will allow users to chat with each other in real time. It has also been suggested that the service will feature messages that will disappear over time – like Snapchat.
The messages could potentially include photos and videos as well as text, allowing Instagram to build on its strength in digital imagery. Mashable suggests that the art and captioning tools will extend beyond traditional Instagram filters and allow users to draw on images and add icons and avatars.
Instagram was purchased by Facebook for $1 billion in 2012. Facebook already offers an instant messaging service, but this does not currently integrate with the Instagram app.
By following the Snapchat model, Instagram’s new messaging service could help Facebook appeal to teenagers, whose interest in the social network is dwindling. According to a recent Piper Jaffray study, interest in Facebook among teens declined significantly between Spring 2012 and Spring 2013.
A Pew study highlighted the same trend, stating that although 77 per cent of surveyed teens are on Facebook, their interest is “waning”.
Snapchat, meanwhile, is extremely popular among teenagers and young adults, who send almost 350 million pictures or messages a day. Last month it was reported that Snapchat had turned down a $3 billion (£1.9bn) acquisition offer from Facebook, with CEO Evan Spiegel reportedly holding out for an even larger valuation.
—telegraph.co.uk
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