That little padlock symbol in the web address is more important than you realize. While it’s most important for financial transactions, it can be equally important to protect both your privacy and the privacy of your customers, vendors, family and friends. Are you unknowingly sharing private information? Not only can that be inconvenient, it can also be a liability. Product prices? Buying habits? These are all worth protecting.
Why do I care? I’m not a target. My company is small. I don’t have much money. I don’t use my credit card online.
Keep rationalizing.
The reality is, we all have less privacy than just a few years ago. Small measures go a long way. While you may not feel like a target, how many spam emails do you get? How many telemarketing calls? Keeping our private information private helps to reduce the impact on the little things in our lives. A few less spam emails, one less telemarketer during dinner.