#Steemit Warning: Keep your darn key's where it belongs - You may have exposed yourself.

Dear Steemians,

It's so painful when you come across posts like this. It could be you someday, it could be me. It can happen to anyone. You never know when you are exposed.

There are thieves out there, making a very handsome amount out of your ignorance.I don't blame them for that. It's just what they are good at or perhaps used to it. Nonetheless, certainly not trying to glorify them. But I can't stop them either.

That's how they are making their living. There's no moral check on the thieves. There's no Mirror where they can look at their ugly faces or if there's one, they don't see it.

However there is one Mirror for you and that is;

Keep your darn key's where it belongs.

If they are making money out of your ignorance, then why shouldn't you make an effort to change that? I guess it isn't harder than seeing this.

How to keep your account safe

• First thing first, copy all your private key's, save it in a notepad or write in your diary. Keep it offline.

• Don't ever use your Master Password. It should only be used if you would like to change your key's.

• Do not CLICK malicious, spamy, shortened (via tinyurl and similar services) and weird LINKS sent by users in your wallet with a minimal amount.

• Uncheck the 'keep me logged in' box.

• Make sure that your Browser never store/saves your password. There's a potential threat of Malware's. You may be hosting some junk from that porn sites. Watch out! :)

  
  

• Clear your browsers from already stored passwords. For Chrome, got to Settings → Advanced → Password and forms → Manage Passwords and remove passwords for Steemit, if there's any.

  
  

• Use private key for Transfers, Market orders only.

• Use posting key for posting, commenting, upvoting, claiming rewards etc. Even if it's exposed, your funds are secure.

If the posting key gets stolen, the hacker can still not steal the money out of your wallet. So it decreases the risk of theft considerably, and you can always change the posting key with your master key if it gets stolen.

As a precaution, you should change your master password now (since you've used it all this time to login and exposed it to unnecessary risk). Make sure you have your current password backed up, and the new password too!

I hope after all this you should be fine. I know many of you must have gone through the @steemitblog and the faq section of #Steemit, hence would know about all this. But the fact that some of the users are still looted, which means it needs a little more emphasize.