Caitlin Sarian explains why using one email for everything puts you at risk of hacking and identity theft. She recommends keeping 3 to 4 separate emails instead, split by purpose: one for friends, one for social media and accounts, one for banking and health, plus an optional burner for shopping.
If you're only using one main email address, you're at serious risk of getting hacked. You're using the same email address to buy stuff online. Sign into your bank, check your credit score, check your health data. Then you're making yourself an easy target for hackers to buy and sell your data online. Because, yes, the email address you created ten years ago in your when you're in fifth grade isn't gonna work anymore. Guarantee you it's already on the dark web. Hi, I'm Caitlin. I'm a cyber security and data protection expert, and I want to help you protect yourself online. Let's go. Honestly, all these hackers need is their email address to get in and harass your friends and f family with ransomware messages and or deplete your bank accounts. To avoid this, you want to consider having at least three to four email addresses. One for personal use, friends and family only. No business, no health, no social media. One for online accounts like social media. One for banking, maybe one for your health. And honestly, maybe just a burner, one that you can send all of your random apps, shopping to, etc. Comment below with how many email accounts you have and like and follow for more cybersecurity.
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