Safe and Unsafe Computing Practices

Use a combination of letters, numbers, and characters for your password.

• Safe

• Unsafe

Do not use the same password for every account.

• Safe

• Unsafe

Use your birthday or your middle name for your password because it's easy to remember.

• Safe

• Unsafe

Use the same password for every account you have so your mom can remember it if you forget.

• Safe

• Unsafe

Update your computer once a month.

• Safe

• Unsafe

Update your computer once a year.

• Safe

• Unsafe

Use websites that have https:// at the beginning of them.

• Safe

• Unsafe

Check out the cool website your best friend told you about.

• Safe

• Unsafe

Security certificates should be up to date on the website.

• Safe

• Unsafe

It's OK to open the email if it comes from a name that you recognize.

• Safe

• Unsafe