{"id":17224,"date":"2019-12-08T00:56:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T19:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=17224"},"modified":"2019-12-08T00:56:59","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T19:26:59","slug":"f-secure-advises-shoppers-to-forget-their-passwords-to-help-secure-their-online-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/f-secure-advises-shoppers-to-forget-their-passwords-to-help-secure-their-online-identities\/","title":{"rendered":"F-Secure advises shoppers to forget their passwords to help secure their online identities"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p class=\"uppercase text-primary fps-post-title\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u2022 DATA BREACHES AND ACCOUNT TAKEOVERS TOP WORRIES AS CONSUMERS PREPARE FOR THE BIGGEST ONLINE SHOPPING SEASON EVER<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A majority of U.S. consumers plan to do most of their holiday shopping online for the first time ever,* yet a new survey** from cyber security provider F-Secure finds that most internet users remain concerned about their exposure to cyber crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The survey of shoppers highlighted 3 major trends among American consumers:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Bank account hacking and data breaches are the biggest worries on the web.\u00a0<\/strong>62% are either worried or extremely worried about a hacker taking over a bank account to steal money, while 65% are worried or extremely worried about losing personal data through a breach.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>81% of internet users think it\u2019s at least somewhat likely that they will be a victim of cyber crime or identity theft.\u00a0<\/strong>Only 64% think that it\u2019s likely their spouse will suffer a similar fate while 95% of parents think that their children will become victims.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Consumers worry more about cyber crime or identity theft than being in a car accident that would seriously damage their car.<\/strong>\u00a0A full 53% of respondents are worried or very worried about becoming a victim of identity theft and 51% are worried or very worried about being victimized by cyber crime, compared to 47% who expressed fears about having their car damaged in an accident.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">F-Secure Global Partner Product Advocate\u00a0<strong>Fennel Aurora<\/strong>\u00a0says that it makes sense that consumers have these fears yet remain undeterred from saving time and maximizing discounts by shopping online.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #808000;\">Consumers see huge data breaches in the headlines, and understand that leaving their devices and accounts unsecured is a risk, <strong>says Aurora, who works closely with telecommunication companies to help them address the security challenges facing their customers.<\/strong> It\u2019s not their fault that they\u2019re overwhelmed and may not be doing everything they can to secure themselves and their accounts.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Aurora sympathizes with individuals trying to remember dozens of unique, strong passwords, saying it\u2019s a clear challenge for users, and a challenge they need to tackle for their own protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">People need to make sure a data breach doesn\u2019t threaten their entire online identity, and there\u2019s a simple way to do that, Aurora says. I suggest that you forget your passwords.\u00a0 Any password you can remember is too weak. Instead, get a password manager where you can store your strong, unique passwords and then focus on living your life.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 DATA BREACHES AND ACCOUNT TAKEOVERS TOP WORRIES AS CONSUMERS PREPARE FOR THE BIGGEST ONLINE SHOPPING SEASON EVER A majority of U.S. consumers plan to do most of their holiday shopping online for the first time ever,* yet a new survey** from cyber security provider F-Secure finds that most internet users remain concerned about their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17243,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,9231],"tags":[10071],"class_list":{"0":"post-17224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cyber-security","8":"category-top-stories","9":"tag-f-secure-advises-shoppers-to-forget-their-passwords-to-help-secure-their-online-identities"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}