Holidays are coming. Presents are to be bought. Today more and more people buy online. It is very easy and actually in some cases it can even be cheaper. And you do not have to go to the store, wait or bump into other people and huge crowds.
But there could be some downsides, like the risk of security issues. There are all kinds of viruses, hackers, spam or scam emails trying to get your PayPal password and so on. The internet is full of these things, and we have to be careful. Take a look at this colorful infographic and see several tips on how to do your online shopping safe.
Via: Trend Micro
2 Responses to “Safe Online Shopping Tips (Infographic)”
It’s really advisable to purchase from familiar sites just like e-bay and amazon. Nowadays, search engines can be manipulated and others may use this to scam people. Also, buyers should never put their credit card information in sites that doesn’t have Secure Socket Layers (SSL) encryption installed. Usually if the site has SSL installed, there’s an icon of a locked padlock right next to the URL and it will also show HTTPS instead of HTTP in the address bar.
you can shop at lessor know shops if you are careful and do you homework. Before I buy anything from a site that is not one of the big ones. I do my research. I look up the site and look for reviews. Sometimes I will type in the sites name followed by scam. Like “ABCtoys scam”. You would be surprised what comes up sometimes.