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Don't let your stuff get hacked! |
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Along with many smaller online services this year, both Steam and PlayStation Network have been hacked in a major way. Users details, passwords, usernames & credit card info have all been comprimised... but as a user of both gaming networks, am I worried?
Nope.
For $15 NZD a year I have my own domain that I purely use for email addresses for signing up to online accounts. Each company gets a different email address for me, but all emails get redirected to my personal mailbox. If I start getting spammed to a certain email address I can easily figure out which service it came from.
If websites store credit card info for easy purchasing, I tend to use a prepay card rather than my own bank card.
It's not an entirely foolproof plan, but it's a hell of a lot better than turning everything upside-down every time a new hacking scare arises. |
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I've sometimes sign up to free Hotmail email accounts for things like but I do like how you're redirecting them to your personal address so if you start getting spam, you could change it or get rid of it altogether.
I haven't thought about the prepaid credit cards but that doesn sound like a good idea.
I've used my cards online quite abit as well has having many direct debits setup from my credit card. If my card gets comprise, it will take a heck of a lot of effect to change everything that's fo sure!
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