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Posted By: Hankron

While I'm on the point and some readers may not be familiar with the subject, I will add to useful practices that will help prevent hijacks, stealing of stuff, etc.

1) Use different passwords for different sites. This means that if someone steals your eBay password, they don't automatically have the password to you internet server, paypal, Mastronet, etc.

2) Don't use simple or obvious passwords ('mypassword,' 'billy', 'abc123' etc). If you can, use numbers and symbols, etc. The more complicated, obscure your password, the harder to steal.

3) Change your passwords with some regularity. I'm not saying change them every Tuesday, but after a period of time (8 months, a year), note that it may be time to go through and change passwords.