{"id":19266,"date":"2010-12-06T13:06:11","date_gmt":"2010-12-06T18:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=19266"},"modified":"2010-12-06T13:06:11","modified_gmt":"2010-12-06T18:06:11","slug":"bits-from-bill-pytlovany-favorite-tips-for-online-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/bits-from-bill-pytlovany-favorite-tips-for-online-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits from Bill Pytlovany: Favorite Tips for Online Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/06\/bits-from-bill-pytlovany-favorite-tips-for-online-shopping\/\" show_faces=\"false\" width=\"450\"><\/fb:like><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/billpwp.jpg\" alt=\"billpwp\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Bill Pytlovany<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been five years since media coined the term Cyber-Monday but the truth is everyday is a&#160; great shopping day online.&#160; I planned on writing an article about the safety of online shopping but noticed everyone was already doing it.&#160; Many sites provide the same duplicate tips. So I thought I might include some of the best tips and post them along with my favorites. <\/p>\n<p>Eric Griffith wrote a good article for PC Magazine called <br \/><a title=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2373130,00.asp\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2373130,00.asp\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>11 Tips for Safe Online Shopping<\/strong><\/a>.&#160; <br \/>One unique tip from Eric was     <br \/><b>Don&#8217;t Tell All<\/b>     <br \/><em>\u201dNo online shopping store is going to need your social security number or your birthday to do business. But if a bad-guy gets them, combined with your credit card number for purchases, they can do a lot of damage. When you can, default to giving up the least amount of information.\u201d      <br \/><\/em>    <br \/>It amazes me how many free Email and other password reset schemes still use easy to find information like your high school, pet\u2019s name and birthday. This kind of information is something that you should keep private.&#160; When you do answer these questions make up answers that you\u2019ll remember but aren\u2019t accurate.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"300\" \/>\n<p>Corrine at Security Garden wrote her     <br \/><a title=\"http:\/\/securitygarden.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/online-shopping-safety-tips.html\" href=\"http:\/\/securitygarden.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/online-shopping-safety-tips.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Online Shopping Safety Tips<\/strong><\/a><strong> including,      <br \/>HTTPS:\/\/<\/strong>     <br \/><em>\u201dAt checkout, the site web address should be http<u><b>s<\/b><\/u>: and there should be a closed padlock there or in the lower right corner of your browser.&#160; If not, forget about it.&#160; You will be giving away your credit card information!\u201d&#160; <\/p>\n<p><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/BestTipsforOnlineShopping_C839\/paypallock.jpg\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"paypallock\" border=\"0\" alt=\"paypallock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/BestTipsforOnlineShopping_C839\/paypallock_thumb.jpg\" width=\"451\" height=\"44\" \/><\/em><\/a><em>      <br \/><\/em>Using PayPal with Internet Explorer notice the \u201chttps\u201d     <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/BestTipsforOnlineShopping_C839\/yahoolock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"yahoolock\" border=\"0\" alt=\"yahoolock\" src=\"http:\/\/www.billp.com\/blog\/images\/BestTipsforOnlineShopping_C839\/yahoolock_thumb.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a>     <br \/>Yahoo Online Store using Google Chrome     <\/p>\n<p>For years I\u2019ve heard people say they\u2019re afraid to use their credit card online. As long as you see the https your credit card is safer than it is when you give it to the waiter at your favorite restaurant. <\/p>\n<hr width=\"300\" \/>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-1009_3-20023101-83.html\" href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-1009_3-20023101-83.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Webroot&#8217;s safety tips for holiday online shopping<\/strong><\/a> included a tip that doesn\u2019t just apply to shopping.     <\/p>\n<p><strong>Go straight to the site.      <br \/><\/strong><em>Rather than browse to online retailers through a search engine where you may encounter malicious links, type the store&#8217;s URL directly in your browser.\u201d<\/em>     <\/p>\n<p>The bad guys are experts at search engine optimization and frequently \u201cpoison\u201d search results with web sites you really don\u2019t want to visit. Just because a web site is the first or second listed on Google doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s safe. 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