Shopping online is much easier than when we ordered fast food like KFC 14022. As I said earlier you can click on, select the item or product that you want and pay. So easy to the point that many people are addicted to online shopping this way. Culture of online shopping has become a habit even the 'normal' in countries such as USA, Canada, Australia and Europe. The way online shopping is very popular abroad because in addition to simple, can also save time and moreover you do not need to pay the transportation again.
Well .. The problem is that online shopping is very risky, full of danger and a lot of holes. Yes, many gaps in the internet that can be used by bad guys to cheat and take advantage. Moreover, if we are not careful, careless and less know about how safe online shopping.
In order to secure your online shopping please note:
1. Permalink URL or address of the online store. Check whether it is correct, no typo or less letters. Check its url, not the url so it appears, can be seen with the source url right click view source continued. When you click on the online store website address of the email or on the web / other blogs make sure the URL matches that appear at the bottom of your browser window. Get used to bookmark the site address or the online store shopping so you do not need to retype it again and are at risk of one type if you want to visit the site.
2 Notice 'Secure HTTP' where typically the url address online store when we log in there 'https' or key image in the browser address box, such as: https://signin.ebay.com/. It menadakan that data be entered as your username and password will be encrypted (encoded) so that the possibility of password theft can be prevented.
3 Use your PayPal account rather than using a credit card. With PayPal you do not need to directly expose your Credit Card. Shopping with credit cards is actually very safe from attention to no.1 & 2 and maintain confidentiality over the last 4 digits of your credit card numbers. That obviously never use a debit card for online transactions on the internet. Sometimes overseas debit card can be used online transaction.
4 In particular merchant or shop online when registering for the first time we will be asked to enter specific information such as the security question, full address, zip code etc. The simple but important fact. Fill it right because you can use it to claim that you are the one who really has a current account if your account is hijacked or by anyone else using that is required.
5.Use the password and security question complex but easy for you to remember. Use a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, punctuation, numbers, etc..
6 Shopping at a reputable or reliable. When you find new places to shop online you might be able to ask your friends or looking for a review of her on the internet. Right now you can also shop with mobile applications on mobile phones. Mobile app is so far the application is official and reliable application you may use like shopping through the BlackBerry App World certainly safe.
7 Be careful with SMS. SMS text using unencrypted data path so it is not safe. Do not send important information via sms.
Note 8 transactions in credit card account or your savings account. Usually the bank has created a certain system to minimize the abuse of the account by unauthorized persons but we still must be careful. Do not hesitate to call your bank when it found that the transaction is not strange or unusual.
And last you must remember, always log out when it is accessing the account including email, forums such as Kaskus, Facebook, Twitter etc.. It was originally used to bother but when it will feel easy. Additionally your browser set to 'Private Browsing' or select 'Do not remember history'. Most browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari already has this feature.
