What is information leakage? What are the disadvantages? How to prevent it?

1. What is the disclosure of personal information?

Personal information mainly includes: basic information, equipment information, account information, privacy information, social relationship information and network behavior information. With the popularity of Internet applications and people's dependence on the Internet, the security problem of the Internet has become increasingly prominent. Malicious programs, all kinds of phishing and fraud continue to grow at a high speed. At the same time, hacking attacks and large-scale disclosure of personal information are frequent. With the rapid increase of various cyber attacks, the personal information disclosure and property losses of a large number of netizens are increasing day by day.

Second, the main hazards of personal information disclosure are as follows:

1, personal privacy leak

2, spam messages, emails, phone harassment

3. Internet fraud harassment

4. Abuse of personal information, etc

Third, how to prevent the disclosure of personal information:

1. When filling in information on public website platform, avoid using real name or spelling, and don't fill it online unless necessary. Contact information in the form of screenshots, try to use email instead of mobile phone number.

2. Be sure to read carefully the application for permission to obtain personal privacy content (such as address book, SMS, etc.). ).

3. Remember to turn off software positioning when it is unnecessary to avoid revealing personal location information.

4. Collect and sort out bills containing personal information and destroy them centrally.

5. Don't reveal the private information of yourself and your family on social media at will.

6. Log off in time and unbind accounts that have not been used for a long time.

7. Don't click to browse unknown websites or download applications of unknown origin.