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Poker Security

One of the most important fundamentals of playing poker online is having a secure computer and poker account. We have all heard the horror stories of peoples' accounts being hacked and vast sums of money being stolen, but the fact of the matter is that if you are smart about the security and protection of your computer your poker account will be almost impossible to get hacked. You would be surprised by even high stakes players' lack of computer security considering the vast amount of money they keep online.There are several key points to keeping your computer and poker money safe:1. Make sure you have up to date anti-virus and anti-malware software on your computer that scans your entire computer on at least a weekly basis.2. Create a separate email account for your poker account. Do not use an e-mail that people know! And be sure to use a security question on this e-mail that no one would know the answer to.3. Use a separate password for your poker account. Create a random password with alternating numbers and letters that does not use any information about yourself (i.e.: birthday, pet name, etc.) Be sure to change your poker account password every month or so.4. Use an RSA token whenever possible. If the site you play on offers one, GET ONE!5. Do not download and run files off the internet if you are not 100% sure that they are legitimate. Trusted friends may link you to a site or funny video, but there's a chance that your friends instant messaging account was hacked and you're next in line.6. Depending on your level of play and how much money you keep online, it is always a good idea to use a separate computer solely for poker. YES, JUST FOR POKER! Use a different computer to browse the web, use instant messaging services and generally any internet activity.7. Never log in to a public wi-fi network to play poker. This goes for all hotels and casinos; their wi-fi networks aren't the securest of places to play online. If you plan on playing poker while you are traveling, buy an air card. These are great for using the internet on the go and are also great for a backup source of internet if you catch a wi-fi hotspot.8. Keep your wireless network as secure as possible. Use a random hard to guess password for the security key. You can choose to not broadcast the network and only allow certain computers access to the network (for this I recommend doing some research on the subject, or hiring a professional to secure it for you).9. Make sure your computer is password protected. Do not let people use your computer unsupervised. This seems a little drastic, but when there's large amounts of money involved, even trusted friends might turn against you and install a virus or key logger to get at your account.If you follow these instructions your computer and poker account will be virtually impenetrable. You should also use these tactics for any other accounts you may have that contain funds or sensitive information you wish to keep private.	 	 		 			 				 					 						This article was written by Charlie Ivey and published courtesy of <a href="http://www.pokertrainingnetwork.com" target="_new">http://www.pokertrainingnetwork.com</a>. For more information about a proven success system that delivers immediate results go to <a href="http://secureyourfutureforever.com/" target="_new">http://secureyourfutureforever.com/</a>.

Poker Security

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How to Keep Your Facebook Poker Chips Safe From Hackers and Phishers

With the rise in popularity of Facebook texas holdem poker games for social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Tagged and Hi5 also came the unfortunate accompanying rise in reports of players accounts being broken into and having their Facebook poker chips stolen. The forums on these social networking gaming sites are littered with hundreds if not thousands of such reports. As Facebook poker chips become more and more valuable these reports are set to continue to rise. There are, however, some steps you can take to avoid letting these hackers and phishers get their hands on your hard earned poker chips.Never give out your password: This seems like common sense but you would be surprised at how many people lose their chips because they gave their passwords to a friend or family member or girlfriend/boyfriend. Are you 100% sure that you wont ever get in a fight with this person in the future and to get back at you they won't log into your account and empty every last Facebook poker chip? Or maybe one day they ask you for some free chips as a loan and you turn them down, and so they decide they're going to log into your account and help themselves. Just make it a habit to never give out your login information to anyone, his way if something ever does happen and your account is hacked into, you won't have to suspect any of your friends or family of doing it and cause any hard feelings.Don't fall for the phishing scams: A popular method of stealing player's Facebook poker chips recently has been to send them a seemingly official message to their Facebook inboxes pretending to be from Facebook security or an "official" Facebook representative, or even from the game creaters themselves. These fake messages usually accuse the player of violating the games terms of service or Facebook's own rules and then instruct them to click on a link and login in order to save their accounts from deletion or suspension. In reality these links open websites designed to look like Facebook or MySpace's login pages in order to trick users into entering their emails and passwords. Then while the fake website redirects or distracts them, hackers are busy logging into their texas holdem poker account and transferring out their Facebook poker chips into other accounts.Official representatives for these games or from social networking sites will never contact you via your inbox. These messages should be deleted and reported to the appropriate people so that they can be shut down immediately.You didn't win any lottery or special promotion for chips: Another method that hackers use to steal your poker chips is the old "lottery" method where they claim you have won a million Facebook poker chips or some other special gift and to claim it you must log in to the link they provide. Just like the phishing scam previously mentioned, these sites only steal your passwords and login information. There is no lottery.Don't download Facebook poker cheat programs or trainers: Many of these so called cheats for Facebook poker are nothing more than trojan horse virus programs with keyloggers embedded into them. The hackers display them on sites like YouTube or advertise them on Facebook's forums with the promise of doubling or tripling your Facebook poker chips in a matter of minutes. But as soon as you download and run the program and log into your account, a copy of your password is already being sent to the hacker waiting patiently across the internet to use it and break into your account.Keeping your Facebook chips safe is mostly a matter of common sense, but phishers and hackers are constantly changing their method and coming up with new tricks to confuse and fool players. It's important to educate yourself about security so you know what kind of things to expect and how to avoid them. Above all, never log into any website that isn't the main URL, for example "http://www.Facebook.com" and if something sounds too good to be true or seems fishy, then it probably is.	 	 		 			 				 					 						<a href="http://www.howtobuyfacebookpokerchips.com" rel="nofollow" target="_new">Facebook poker chips</a> is a blog dedicated to information about Facebook Texas Holdem Poker. Visitors can find information about how to buy facebook chips, strategies to win chips, reviews of bots for facebook poker, how to keep your online account safe, gaming industry news and other useful information about Texas Holdem Poker on social gaming sites like Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Tagged, and Hi5.

How to Keep Your Facebook Poker Chips Safe From Hackers and Phishers

With the rise in popularity of Facebook texas holdem poker games for social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Tagged and Hi5 also...