These Mac or PC Email Safety Habits will Keep Your Online ID AND Your Wallet Safe and Sound
Here are some simple things to start doing using Apple Mac Mail or Microsoft Outlook
In the fast-paced world of getting letters in your Mac or Outlook for Mac email in-box, email safety is in your hands, whether you’re using Apple Mac Mail or Windows Outlook on a PC. Let’s look into 5 simple things that you can do to make sure that your Mac Mail or PC Outlook email in-box remains secure and you don’t spend the rest of your day trying to fix something!
#1 Pause and Inspect: Handle your Mac Mail email or PC Outlook Email Attachments with Care
Before clicking, take a moment to make sure that any email attachments are only being attached from senders that you know and expect email from. Don’t open the email body unless you’re sure that they aren’t a threat. It’s like a quick safety check to ensure your inbox remains safe.
#2 Keep it Hush-Hush: protect Personal Info in Mac Mail mail Emails
Keep your personal info private by protecting anything sensitive that you don’t want someone else to read, like age, address, telephone numbers, medical information… Make a conscious choice to keep those digital secrets safe.
#3 Be Email Phishing Scam Savvy: Learn as much as you can about email scams
It’s as simple as finding an exact phrase from the suspect email that seems to be asking you to do something now, One example phrase from an email phishing campaign would be: “Important! Your password is about to expire.” . If you take that phrase and add “email scam” most likely it will pop up as a known email scam tactic. Being email scam-savvy will help you look for other obvious word combinations that scammers use.
#4 add Extra Protection with Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for PC Email Security
Go for the extra layer of safety with 2FA. (2 Factor Authentification) It’s like having a secret code on top of your password. This makes it tough or almost impossible for anyone to get into your email without your permission. I always find that this is the one exploit that seems to stop hackers in their tracks. They don’t actually own any your Apple Mac iMac or Apple iPad or Apple iPhones, so there is no way that they can respond from that device to confirm that you are signing in. Unfortunately, a lot of companies are still not offering this.