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8 tips to avoid sharing personal data on the internet without realizing

1. Ensure that your email account is secure
A simple way for hackers, spy agencies and others to get your personal information is through your email.There are your contacts, what you have been doing, and the information shared with other people.To know if your email is compromised or not, it's simple: put your email on the website Haveibeenpwned.com. *This service has in its database all the email accounts that have been compromised in companies like Adobe, Stratfor, Gawker, Pixel Federation, Yahoo !, Sony and Vodafone.If so, the site offers you three steps: change your password, add another authentication mode and receive a warning if there is a new e-mail account leak so that you stay alert.

2. Block unknownsThere are tools like
Bluetooth and Airdrop connections that allow you to send and receive files to and from people around you, even if you do not know them.If you're on them, make sure you can only receive files with your consent or turn them off completely. This reduces the risk of receiving a virus that compromises your data.

3. Avoid 'smart pricing'
You may already know that the more queries you make on an airline's website or a ticket price comparator, the more expensive they get. It is the so-called personalized price. Companies detect their interest and take advantage of it.
To avoid, use anonymous browsing mode and different devices to prove that the values are not increasing.

4. Keep your old Yahoo account safe
If you had a Yahoo account in 2013, it was certainly hacked, as the company itself recognized last year.
So even though it is no longer important and you no longer use it, ensure that it is safe by changing the password and activating different forms of authentication.

5. Do a digital cleaning
Experts recommend that at least once a year you clean your cell phone and your Facebook account.This eliminates applications that you no longer use and continue to collect your data for no reason.The same goes for friends and contacts on the social network that you do not talk to anymore. They do not need access to your information.

6. Protect your friendsIf you allow an app to have access to your photos or location, it's your decision, but protect your friends.Letting a program see what's on your contact list makes the friends who are there vulnerable. Remember that this is how Cambridge Analytica got millions of data without the knowledge of Facebook users.

7. Projects childrenAlso take care of information and data about your children. When sharing a photo of them, do it privately. If you do it publicly, Google will find it - and what's on Google is within everyone's reach.

8. Value your privacyIt may seem obvious, but we often underestimate what the Internet knows about us and that we do not protect ourselves enough.Maybe you have nothing to hide, but no one you do not want to have to know what you do not like or the movies you saw or the jacket you plan to buy.

Source:bbc.com