Internet safety tips on this episode of The Mac Attack. This is another episode of the "Care and feeding of your Mac" series. If there is a specific Mac Tech topic you would like me to discuss send me a tweet at tmasteve or send an email

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Cyber security and internet safety tips:

• Install all system updates from Apple
• Never shop online, unless you are familiar with the retailer you're dealing with
• Avoid Phishing scams by simply not trusting any financial advice or warning sent in e-mail form. If your bank needs information from you, they will call you, not ask you to e-mail them or fill out an online form
• Don't: create passwords using personal information or information someone could guess
• Don't: create a password using words in a dictionary, no matter the language
• Never use the default password or a common password
• Talk to your children about their use of the computer and discuss any possible dangers they may encounter online
• Discuss and set guidelines or rules for computer use with your children. Post these rules by the computer as a reminder
• Keep the computer in a common area of your home, so that children’s activities can be easily monitored
• Limit time allotted on the computer - watch to see if your child is withdrawing from friends and family
• Use the Internet with your children
• Know who your children's online friends are and supervise their chat areas
• Consider routing your child’s email into your own email account first in order to screen any unwanted email messages
• Mac OS X parental controls let you manage your child's use of the computer, the applications and the Internet. - parental controls can be found in system preferences.
• Back up important files and store them in a secure place in a different location than your computer

1Password

getnetwise.net

AVGfree (Windows anti-virus)

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