With Comcast Webmail being hacked last night, many people are now wondering how it is possible to keep your privacy on the net. Here are some top tips to make sure your private information is not compromised should something like the Comcast email hacking occure again.

Create a Strong Password

There are many methods online to do this. My favorite is to start with a memorable sentence. Then come up with a system to take letters from that sentence e.g. first letter from the first word, second letter from the second word etc. Choosing to capitalize one or more letters is good (if the word is a person’s name, capitalize that letter). And make sure your sentence has a number in it. Use that number rather than the letter of the number’s word. Creating a strong password like this will make it less likely that your email will be hacked as Comcast webmail was.

Keep Personal Emails on a Personal Computer

Avoid using computers at work or in public for private emails. Many companies monitor everything their employees do on the computer, and they are within your rights to do so. The best advice is to never write anything in an email at work that you wouldn’t say directly to your boss’s face. Who knows how many people using Comcast webmail are nervous about what their boss would say if all their email was made public.

Similarly, be careful what you write on internet cafe computers. It is possible for computers to log every key that is pressed. For example, if you were logging into you Comcast webmail account. The computer would remember your email address and password. This could be then picked up by a scammer who could then hack into your account.

Scan Your Computer Regularly

It is vital that you regularly scan your computer for viruses, trojan horses, malware or any other nasty bugs. There is plenty of software online that will do this for you. Removing these problems should be a priority for you as any computer left unprotected is vulnerable to all sorts of problems and attacks.

Follow these tips and you should be in a much better position if you find yourself compromised the way many people using Comcast webmail feel today.

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