| Starting Internet business will involve signing up and | | | | control. You are making it easy for hackers to hack |
| maintaining accounts in a lot of sites including social | | | | your browser and get your ID and password. Besides |
| networking sites, email accounts, membership sites, | | | | if your computer were to crash, you will end up loosing |
| forums, blogs etc. You would have to keep an | | | | all your accounts forever. |
| account of all sign up, passwords and keep checking | | | | There are software tools and applications available like |
| them for latest updates. | | | | RoboForm. These applications will help you create |
| For each of your accounts you would need to have a | | | | random and unique password and keep a track of |
| unique log in name supported by a unique and secret | | | | them. But then they are very safe and ensure that all |
| password, which is known only to you. This should not | | | | data is encrypted so that even if someone were to |
| be shared with others. If the log in and password is | | | | log into your computer and application, they will not be |
| know to others, then they can access your account | | | | able to get the password information. |
| and impersonate you. | | | | To maintain the data of your passwords back up, you |
| Each one of your accounts should have unique and | | | | can either take a backup of your files or store them in |
| random usernames and passwords and never use the | | | | external storage media or elsewhere. Otherwise |
| same password in more than one account. | | | | check out the option if the software allows you to |
| Always follow the safe rule of thumb for building your | | | | save your password database on their online server |
| safe password â" Keep it illegible and difficult to | | | | besides saving it on your disk. Thereby you can also |
| read and something that only you will know. | | | | access the information from any other remote |
| When you have around or more than ten accounts, | | | | computer too. |
| then remembering all log in IDs and the passwords is | | | | Whatever method you follow, never write down your |
| going to be a difficult task and quite impossible. | | | | log ins and passwords in your diary or a piece of |
| But setting your browser to remember your log in ID | | | | papers. This is the most dangerous thing that you can |
| and password and expecting it to log in automatically is | | | | do and expose your secretes to others who can get |
| not at all a good idea for you are not having any | | | | hold of it and mis use the information. |