How to Protect Online Identity Theft

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FACTORS USED TO PROTECT ONLINE IDENTITY Though the internet was the result of some visionary thinking by people such as J.C.R. Licklider, Leonard Kleinrock and Lawrence Roberts in the early 1960s who saw great potential value in allowing computers to share research and development in scientific and military field. Today, the internet arguably has become the backbone of almost every form of communication in this digital age where technology is reaching unprecendented heights with the inception of cable modems, ADSL2+ (Asymmetric Digital Subcriber Line 2), wifi hotspots, WiMax, etc. which ensures continuous flow of connectivity irrespective of once location. Businesses have not been left out in this generational transformation either. It is now a core part of almost everywhere business entity aspiring to expand its global reach in the highly competitive market to leverage the internet's prowress to achieve this feat and this has brought about a revolution in electronic commerce commonly referred to as e-commerce. We have seen the emergence of famous e-commerce sites such as amazon, ebay, alibaba, etc. which to the consumer, brings to bear with just a single click of a button every need of theirs thus, making life easier and much better . As a matter of fact, the evolution the internet has brought about a new reaction pathway in the way people do business and communicate and it's importance undoubtedly cannot be under-estimated. The upsurge in the use of the internet to undertake various forms of electronic commerce such as online banking to general merchandise auctions have created a lucrative avenue for social misfits to equally leverage all spheres of the internet to steal, defame and impersonate a person's online identity hence creating havoc online. So what is online identity? An online identity, internet identity, or internet persona is a social identity
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