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11. Invest in a laptop lock (e.g. anchor 20. Never post personal info (e.g.
lock or laptop cable lock) mobile number, home address, age,
location, name of your college etc.)
12. Install laptop tracking software (e.g. on a social media site. This category
Lojak).
includes photos that could identify
13. Encrypt your laptop and do not keep your location (e.g. college, home,
personal info (UID, PAN, passwords, vacation address, etc.) or too many
etc.) stored in files. Encryption of your interests.
software like BitLocker (for Windows 21. Check the security settings in your
10) and FileVault (for Mac OS X social media account – make them a
Lion) provides added security for high priority.
your files.
22. Do not accept random friends on
14. Backup your files on a remote hard social media, if you already have
drive and a trusted Cloud provider random friends, monitor them now.
so you have the option to erase your
laptop remotely. 23. Do not advertise when you are going
to be away from home.
15. Phone screen-lock should have at
least a 6 digit pin and enable “find 24. Disable microphone and location
my phone” if it is stolen. services access where not needed.
In fact, it’s a good practice to reset
16. Never store private info under all permissions every once in a while
Contacts (e.g. security codes, bank and let all the applications you use
pins, financial account numbers, ask for the permissions afresh.
passwords, etc.).
25. Remember that everything on social
17. Movies, music, games, cracked media has the capacity to be shared.
softwares and copied eBooks are
prime digital bait for hackers. 26. Do not click on suspicious links in
Sorry, you don’t visit torrent sites text messages. Always a good idea
if you want to keep your personal to access (copy & paste) the link
and financial info safe. Let’s not from a browser.
forget copyright violation, which
is a separate crime in itself. (Ref. 27. Always make sure your computer
& mobile software is fully up to
since you are students of law and
commerce, it would be great to just date. Enable automatic updates or
look up various copyright violations go to the software vendor’s website
and their consequences that are directly.
applicable when dealing with movies, 28. Shut down and restart your computer
music, games, cracked softwares, at least once a week (i.e. Do not put
copied eBooks, etc.) it in sleep mode all the time because

18. DON’T be tricked into giving away it’s convenient) to check for security
confidential information. DON’T updates.
respond to phone calls or emails 29. Beware of malware and ransomware
requesting confidential data. “updates” that pretend to be
legitimate. Do not install updates
19. DON’T leave WiFi or Bluetooth turned
on when not in use. Only do so from untrusted sources.
when planning to use and only in a 30. Invest in strong virus & spyware
safe environment. protection, even if you own a Mac.

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