Treat your passwords with as much care as you treat the information that they protect.
Use strong passwords to log on to your computer and to any site—including social networking sites—where you enter your credit card number, or any financial or personal information.
- Never provide your password in an email or in response to an email request.
- Internet "phishing" scams use fraudulent email messages to entice you to reveal your user names and passwords, steal your identity, and more.
- Do not type passwords on computers that you do not control, such as those in Internet cafes, computer labs, kiosk systems, and airport lounges.
- Cyber criminals can purchase keystroke logging devices that gather information typed on public computers, including passwords.