BANGALORE: Nowadays, everyone is making use of gadgets and is connected to internet, dealing with some or the other business.  But have you ever wondered that in the process of dealing with these technologies, you might develop some terrible habits? Indeed, harm or breach to your valuable assets and accounts.

The very nature of human being is that it looks towards the easy things first, irrespective of knowing about the risks involved in it. Want to know, what are the wrong tech habits you might have developed while using any of your tech-tools? Take them for forbidding means; these are the 9 poor tech habits you should stay away from as compiled by The Times of India.

1. Skipping the 2-Step Authentication

Every now and then when you sign-up for a new online account, it asks you for a 2 step authentication to protect important accounts. But, you usually click on the “skip “button (as nobody wants to wait, even though it might take few seconds).  But do you know how important is this verification?  Such process prevents hackers from logging into your account even they might able to steal your passwords.

Gmail and Dropbox always offer such authentication process. Make sure, you prefer to wait for few seconds rather than giving an opportunity to some bug to breach into your accounts.

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