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to provent hackers from hacking into the things and stealing your information and using it for unecessary purposes

rules:
rule number one when paying a bill or making make sure the companies have hacker safe protection

rule number two:never give companies your information if you havent heard of them and they dont have correct contact information or phone numbers

and rule number three:if someone ask for your information and you dont know who they represent do not give it to them

if you have any more suggestions that i have not listed please list them below thank you

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:58 am Subject: Hackers protection

Hi chmartinbaby06
Welcome to the debt consolidation care forums

Thanks chmartinbaby06 for sharing this information. Many people in US are victims of Identity theft as they are not aware of this. Thanks once again as the community members will be highly benefitted by this information.

Regards
Peter

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:15 pm Subject:

Whenever entering private details such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, etc. make sure the URL starts with https

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the primary and default method of communication on the WWW (world wide web). However, there is a secure version of this called HTTPS which uses the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to encrypt your data as it is transfered to and from the webserver. You'll notice that your bank and other reputable organizations use this consistantly.

If it does not use SSL (https://) then *DO NOT* use it. I don't care if they're legit and good intentioned. Why? Because hackers can verify easily sniff out network traffic ... which would include your personal information. All it takes is once and you're done for. And it could be hijacked from any point in transit ... your local ISP ... or on the webserver itself. You just don't know. Play it safe, use SSL. Smile

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:29 pm Subject:

Thats veyr good advice. I have been trying to educate my mother in law on this type of stuff (as she is completely clueless). I think this is something that she should read as well. Thanks

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 9:44 am Subject:

Anyone who needs "technical" advice can contact me via PM. Spread the word. Smile

Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:58 pm Subject:

Sure cryptowizard, that's a good and informative post. Great work

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:50 am Subject:

Thanks for your help, Crypto! That will be very beneficial for the community.

Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 7:26 am Subject:

You'll also notice a lock in the bottom right hand corner of the screen for safe websites.

Anytime the lock is there, means the site is safe.

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:47 pm Subject:

I am glad to see people posting on this forum letting our community see what to be aware of because there are people out here who just take the little things and try to find out things about you I never thought it could be people hacking into stuff stealing peoples identity,and what freaks me out the most is that they have websites that teach people how to do that plus they have books on that sort of stuff its amazing what they let the people learn these days on that information!I think that should be banned and agaisnt the law to even have websites and books like that its just crazy these days!

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:53 pm Subject:

ch thank you for trying to help us keep hackers from getting our information. It will really help a lot of people

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 7:55 pm Subject:

rhonda if your mother in law is clueless with this kind of stuff I know it might be hard but, you should sit down with her and show her what to look out for

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:06 pm Subject:

Trouble96_2000,

Actually I have been sitting with her and she has improved her awareness. She now knows what to look out for after a little trial and error.

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:18 pm Subject:

Wel I hope she will get the picture of those scammers out there and after she reads this and all the stuff that is going on in the world lets hope she gets the picture!After all can you blame her it is so much fraud out here these days people don't know the difference from real and fake!

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 8:34 pm Subject:

ch I agree it's hard to tell what companies are ligit. I always check into things and ask a lot of questions. If your not sure about something you need to stay away.

Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 9:04 pm Subject:

Exactly trouble,
I think that if something doesn't sound right or look right then it is not right because sometimes you think something is so good and turns out not to be,and turns around and bites you where it really hurts!

EVELYN · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 2:50 pm Subject: THE NOUVEAU TECH SOCIETY

How do they get our information. I recieved the letter today.i am not going to order their 56 page booklet. Im not stupid!!!

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