How many of us have no doubts about making online transactions? How many do not believe in the security that the Internet can provide us? How many websites have we not visited but we dare not go further for fear of being scammed or deceived by what is offered to us?
On the internet we find a lot of information that we cannot verify, like many websites that we find difficult to trust. We can find some sites that inform us about the security of the website we visit, such as the www.siteadvisor.com site of the famous Mcafee antivirus, but we still have doubts because the opinions we can find are from complete strangers that still make us doubt if is that they are not planted in order to motivate with their comments. There are other sites like www.talkreviews.com where we find irrelevant comments and / or other content that does not correspond to what they offer on their website.
How many web pages do we not give the opportunity to appear precisely because we do not know them and they instill fear in us, ending up in the same pages that are always known or of the companies that we physically trust or that have a brand or recognition. Remember that one of the advantages that the Internet is supposed to offer is that of eliminating monopolies and oligopolies, since we can all compete without economic differences.
Some websites that we find on the Internet can be scams or to deceive the consumer, they can use the following strategies either to steal information, send spam (junk mail) or steal their money:
- Forms where they collect sensitive information without it being encrypted or protected. This information travels over the Internet without the necessary security and its information is exposed to any hacker or malicious person who with a snifferThe snooper program can easily get this information. These sites are unscrupulous and this is a way of signaling that they do not care about their security and therefore will not have established rules for data protection because they are already violating it. This sometimes makes it easy for identity theft or profile creation to be ripped off or stolen later. For you to avoid this, viewers nowadays have an option when you right-click and allow you to view the properties of the web page; When you consult, you can search for a "Security" tab and find all the information on the security certificate as well as the encryption security codes used and the entity that issues the certificate.This information is more complete and reliable than looking at the padlock or what is shown to us in your url or website address starting "https"; Although the new versions of Internet Explorer allow you to view the information of the used security certificate just by clicking on that padlock. There are sites that collect your email and inform you at the same time that they will not do the famous spam, but really It is false, one way for you to be safe is to see that the site has confidentiality and data protection policies that comply with the CAN-SPAM act. One way for you to avoid this is by giving an email that is not your personal but one that does not use much and if you need to, you can create one with an identification so that you can see if it is true that the website where you provided your email e-mail is truly complying and if you are not reporting or blacklisting orblacklist.There are places where with low prices or supposed promotions or free trials try to attract attention and ask for your credit or debit card information. You can avoid it if you notice that the site has numerous forms of contact and support easily achievable and you verify it; Also, check if the company or company that owns the site is included in a chamber of commerce or recognized body that endorses it. There are sites that offer non-original products and sell them as if they were original; These sites sometimes will not steal your information, but they do seek to deceive you with false promises and send you products that do not meet the required quality and are damaged when used the fourth or fifth time. To avoid this practice,One way is to consult the page of the real manufacturer of the product and consult its list of authorized distributors to avoid this type of fraud.
We can find many forms of deception that unfortunately make other places where they are honest pay the price of our indifference and rejection. That is why it is necessary for people to collaborate to report, comment or recommend on websites where they have already had experiences, regardless of their type of experience, whether good or bad, and to try to document and report and thus avoid fraud for sites that carry out bad practices and behaviors and encourage new startups or small companies that are just emerging and want to emerge and that are doing well. Now all this is easy taking advantage of social networks and the different means that the Internet offers us to spread and communicate to others.Let's help build a safer and more reliable website and remove those who want to discredit it with these bad practices from the Internet and support those who are doing well by respecting the standards, norms and following thegood e- commerce or business practices.
