黑色星期五在線安全購物提示

It’s a few days to Black Friday, and every online shopper knows what that means – time to get on the internet and look for the best deals. But sometimes, the deals can be too good to be true, and a good black Friday can easily be ruined. We are here to make sure that doesn’t happen, below are ways to ensure your security and privacy are protected when shopping online on Black Friday;

避免使用公共無線網路

Most Black Friday deals will be in small quantities or have a limited time offer. To save time and data, you may want to connect to a public WIFI and complete your purchases, but that might not be a good idea. We have highlighted so many times about dangers of public Wi-Fi, and on Black Friday, cybercriminals will only be after one thing; identity theft and fraud.

確保您訪問的是合法的安全網站

In a rush to get time-limited deals and offers, you might click on a wrong website that has been spoofed to look like a legitimate site. You may then enter your details unknowingly hence giving them freely to cybercriminals. To avoid this, ensure you look at the URL bar and ensure there are no typos of any kind, also ensure the site’s URL has the following, https:// before the rest of the URL address. Most e-commerce sites use https, and this means your connection to the website is encrypted. Spoofed sites and other unsecured sites only have HTTP.

另外，請注意廣告和其他 URL 縮短器，因為它們包含跟蹤器。

保護您的信用卡

在購物狂潮期間，您可能會忘記自己購買了什麼。網路犯罪分子有可能已經掌握了您的卡詳細信息，並且還會在您不知情的情況下進行購買。為確保不會發生這種情況，請確保您的銀行在您每次購物時都會向您發送即時通知，即通過銀行應用程式。 如果您發現沒有進行購買，請讓銀行凍結您的卡。

或者，您可以使用虛擬信用卡，即與您的信用卡關聯的數位卡。使用虛擬卡，購物時不會透露您的詳細資訊。您還可以設置最多一定金額甚至到期日的購買。

避免電子郵件網路釣魚詐騙和活動

隨著黑色星期五的臨近，您可能會注意到您收到了很多促銷電子郵件。其中一些可能是合法的，而另一些則不是。為安全起見，請勿在這些電子郵件中打開任何連結或附件。您能做的最好的事情就是在瀏覽器上打開網站並搜索交易。這聽起來可能很麻煩，但最終，您不會成為網路釣魚和詐騙的受害者。如果您打開了連結，請小心您提供的資訊，如果要求您提供個人身份資訊，請關閉該連結。

擁有唯一的強密碼

In one way or another, online security and privacy start with a password; a stronger password ensures you are protected while a weaker password is an open gate to cybercriminals. To be safe during Black Friday, use a unique strong password and also use a password manager as you won’t be able to remember all the strong passwords since you will be creating numerous shopping accounts.

保持系統更新

Ensure your browser and your antivirus are updated before you start grabbing Black Friday deals. Updating will patch your software and ensure vulnerabilities which might be exploited during your shopping frenzy are fixed.

使用 VPN

Using a VPN during this Black Friday will help you avert privacy risks and online threats. IPBurger VPN provides the best in class security as well as the required levels of encryptions to keep you safe on the internet. With its numerous server locations, you can hide your real IP address and use a virtual one depending on your preference. This will further help you get better deals from other places. All you have to do is to subscribe to one of IPBurger’s plans, and all your online worries will be taken care of.