“I can help you with that, just let me have your password and I’ll be able to take care of that straight away for you.”
As hard as it may be to believe, people will just go ahead and give someone their password after being asked such a question. After you’ve gone through the trouble of picking a strong password, it would be a shame to waste it by just giving it away to someone.
It is amazing how often this actually comes up online, even after this many years of the Internet being a popular past time for people. So here are a few do’s and don’ts of online password safety.
Do’s
- Make sure you went to a web site by typing in the address yourself, and not clicking on a link in an email
- Make sure the site is secure
Don’ts
- Click on links in emails that then ask you for your password
- Give your password out to anyone in a chat room
- Give it to a friend so they can help you out with something
- Give out over the phone
Basically, treat passwords like you would anything like your passport or social security number, don’t just tell it to anyone on a whim. If you are curious what prompted this, I actually saw someone in a game chat room tonight trying to get someone else’s password, so it does still happen.
Be careful out there!
