THE BASIC SECURITY OF STEEMIT

in Newcomers' Community4 years ago (edited)

Security has been in the nature of man even animal's so to say,in other to protect things that they cherish from enemies or to lost. No little wonder even farmers protect their farm land by making traps and other things to protect
there farms .. Down to this COMPUTER WORLD 💻 security system of man in general have been say to be contradicting.

             COMPUTER THREAT 

computer threat can say to be anything that can cause lose of data base especially by hackers or virus etc
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PROTECTING OUR DATA BASE INFO

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we need to protect our data base information's and steem have provided us with keys to help us safeguard our personal information's on steemit.com

TYPES OF STEEM KEYS
1.Private Posting Key

Used to log in to apps such as Steemit.com and perform social actions such as posting, commenting, and
voting.

Private Memo Key
Used to decrypt private transfer memos

3.Private Active Key
Used for monetary and wallet related actions, such as transferring tokens or powering STEEM up and down.

4.Private Owner Key
This key is used to reset all your other keys. It is recommended to keep it offline at all times. If your account
is compromised, use this key to recover it within 30 day

Importance of STEEM security keys

With this keys as explained Above it can be used in so many ways that a third-party will surely find it hard to assess to any body using STEEMIT site.

But you have to bear this In mind only when a third party can assess to your wallet or account is only when you release your keys to him or her

Question 1
Have you retrieve all your keys on steemit?
Answer- yes I have.

Question2
Do you know each of these key functions and restrictions?

Yes I know.

Question 3
How do you plan to keep your master password?
I plan to keep it securely offchain.
Question 4
Do you know how to transfer your steem token to another steem user account?

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Question 5
Do you know how to power up your STEEM?

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Conclusion:
After going through and learning about the STEEMIT keys and security, I am best informed and and equipped too in protecting my STEEMIT account.

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