Passwords and Internet Addresses Journal For Dummies

Learn to: Create effective passwords for PCs or smartphones Maintain privacy on Facebook® and Twitter® Protect your financial records Establish safe online user accounts Create top-quality passwords and keep track of them with this journal There's a password for just about everything. You're supposed to make each one different, never write them down, include numbers and special characters — whew! Before your brain explodes, check out this book. Learn security secrets for passwords, shopping, and social networking, and a safe way to keep a password inventory. Guard your identity — discover what information is sensitive and what to do if your identity is stolen Password perfection — get great advice for making passwords almost worry-free Dodge slimy critters — understand and avoid viruses, worms, bots, spyware, and phishing scams Practice safe shopping — learn to protect your credit card at online retailers Social site security — know what not to post on Facebook and Twitter The journal part — identify sites you visit regularly, record your passwords, and be sure you don't use the same password for similar sites Open the book and find: Tips for making a password hard to guess Signs that warn of scams Safe shopping secrets Passwords you should never, ever use What to ask yourself before posting on Facebook Ten things you should never do with your password A way to keep all your passwords straight and safe

Ryan C. Williams is a versatile technologist who has written on topics from security to digital music to social networking. He incorporated the expertise of 14 other For Dummies authors into this book.