BY CONSUELO MCABOY
As technology continues to evolve, we feel the pressure of having to keep up by buying the next iPhone or purchasing a tablet computer.
But the Identity Theft Assistance Center warns that those devices could lead to identity theft.
October marks National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
That's why the Identity Theft Assistance Center wants to remind people how identity theft happens and how to take measures to avoid it.
Anne Wallace is the President of the center.
"What the thieves have learned is that we all store lots of information on our mobile phones and we don't always have a password protecting our mobile phones or our ipads or notebook computers. They also know that consumers go on to these sites whether it's facebook or myspace and post lots of information. Sometimes they're not careful about the kind of information that they post and the information, gives the cyber criminals the opportunity to take advantage of us."
Wallace said it all comes down to password strength.
She said to ensure safety, we should create complex and long passwords, use a password that reminds you of an event, avoid entering your password on a public computer, and never use the same password for each site.
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