Let's play a game! Safety Tips!

Be really careful about links that send you somewhere where you need to log in again or give up your credentials. Look at the domains and check out if has a secure website connection and uses https.

Be sure to wear your seatbelt when driving or being driven in a motor vehicle.

Use an Ad-blocker, or if you're willing to invest more time, a javascript blocker, which often also blocks ads, and (potentially malicious) scripts. Ads are, in addition to being obnoxious, and a waste of time, a wonderful vehicle for viruses and other malware. If your computer doesn't load them, it cannot be infected.

@cloudySummer (at least not by what comes in through ads)

Change your password and PIN regularly and ensure that it's a combination of letters numbers and symbols.

@ahealingEndoftherainbow22

very true! i've heard it's recommended frequently changing pws on accounts or profiles that dont have two-factor authentication and for venues of communication, such as email. and at the least, you should change the passwords for your important accounts once to twice a year.

@Heather225 That recommendation is not one endorsed by people who have to do with internet security.

@ahealingEndoftherainbow22 The changing is actually not a recommendation anymore, and is largely a myth, as the effect of that recommendation is usually that people choose passwords like 'password2023' and similar.

It's more important to choose a safe password with a lot of entropy and to not use the same password multiple times for different places.

Thank you for the tips! I don't know too much about internet safety so this was helpful.

Never leave a drink unattended. Have pepper spray with you. Lock your car as soon as you get in.

@enlightenedTree32

You're welcome! Stick with this SC and you'll learn plenty (I hope)!

GOOD TIPS. The drink one is hugely important. I will also add to the pepper spray a military grade flashlight if you're out after dark. They can light up an entire alley.

@Heather225 Block listeners that do not seem safe. 7Cups doesn't reliably follow up with complaints, but you can protect yourself. (I've reported listeners who seem to not be in the right age category, someone who suggested offsite contact (twice, even), and someone who lied about the country they are in, and someone who lied about the language they speak, and nothing ever happened, even the wrong data is still there).