Using digital tools can be an effective way to boost your online safety. Check out the descriptions below to find out how these tools can help you stay safe online.
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Digital health checker
Lead Scotland have developed a brand new tool that lets you take a complete audit of your digital health – Digital.Lead. Complete the checklists to find out what you are doing well, and where you have room to improve. Many of the checklists point straight back to My.Lead, so if you want to boost your skills, or just refresh your knowledge, you can do this at the click of a button. Digital.Lead stores your data in your browser, so we do not have access to it.
URLVOID
URLVOID is a tool that lets you check whether a link is safe or not, before you follow it. To use, simply copy and paste a link into URLVOID and press scan website. URLVOID then runs this web address through 35-40 databases to see if the website is flagged as potentially harmful. Look for the detection count score in the results: it must be 0 out of 35-40. Any other number means the website has been flagged as harmful, and you must not follow.
Security.org
Whenever you make an online account, it needs to be protected with a strong, unique password. Using security.org’s how secure is my password tool, you can try new passwords and see how strong they are. The best passwords are made using three random words – if you’re finding that your current password is not very strong, try putting three random words together and see how much better this is.
Have I Been Pwned
Data breaches occur when cyber criminals are able to access private data. Have I Been Pwned lets you check whether your login details (credentials) have been exposed in a data breach. Enter your email address to find out if it has been involved in a data breach. If it has, you will be at a higher risk of spam emails, and also of cyber criminals trying to gain access to your accounts. Make sure to set up strong, unique passwords and to enable 2FA on every important account to reduce this risk.
Just Delete Me
Data breaches occur when cyber criminals are able to access private data. One of the best things you can do to reduce the likelihood of your data being involved in a data breach is to close down old online accounts. It is sadly not always easy to find out how to close down an online account. Just Delete Me shows you the steps involved in closing down a huge range of specific accounts.