Ensure Your Safety: Get Rid Of These 9 Poor Tech Habits


6. Fail to Backup

Whenever plan A fails, you must have a plan B as your backup plan.What if you don’t have a plan B? All gone. Therefore, it’s advisable to encrypt your data, if required with password options.

Whenever you are installing any big software update, it’s advisable to back up your data; otherwise you would be the one calling customer care to account for the loss.

7. Constantly checking your Phone before you go to sleep

This one goes to all the teenagers, out there, late night chatting and skyping. According to the American Chemical Society, artificial light is believed to be one of the biggest causes of sleep deprivation in modern humans, and using your smartphone or tablet before bed can really mess with your sleep cycle.

According to a new study, using your phone before bed not only hurts quality of sleep that night, but can also make you less productive for the next day, reports Huffington Post.

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