Never Do These 6 Things: They Are Traps Set by Hackers
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Summary
To hackers, simple mistakes like clicking on a dodgy link, running a script, or giving out OTPs are like a lion preying on easiest prey and these slip-ups inevitably result in a security breach.
The most important thing to learn is to never make these simple mistakes no matter how tempting the outcome is.
Here are some key things to always avoid to prevent being hacked:
Never disable any security feature to install an app, no matter how handy the software is;disable security as it could detect it.
Never give away your one-time passwords (OTP) as these are designed for you only to view and no one else.
Never log in to an unofficial page as hackers can easily trick you into thinking it’s the official website and have you enter login details on a fake page.
Never give out your account password, even if officials ask you to “verify”.
Don’t accept system-related prompts in your browser, as they are almost always a scam or bad software.
Never follow instructions to run unknown scripts as hackers can easily trick you into running a bad script with an explanation that it does something good.