How your love language can help you get cyber safe

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1. Do you tell everyone about your love life, or do you prefer to keep it as secret as your passwords?

• Yes, I yell it from the rooftops
  • Go to question 2
• No, I keep it a secret
  • Go to question 3

2. Do you think the key to love (and creating a strong passphrase) is a lot of sweet nothings?

• Yes, say something romantic! (Words of affirmation)
• No, I’m not one for words
  • Go to question 4

3. Are you someone who craves security in a relationship – just like the added protection that multi-factor authentication (MFA) provides to your accounts?

• Yes! Nothing is more important than feeling secure
  • Go to question 5
• No, I don’t mind taking risks (when it comes to love)
  • Go to question 6

4. Is your love life so mysterious that your friends might describe it as being encrypted?

• (Yes) Wouldn’t you like to know?
  • Go to question 6
• No, I prefer to express my love spending time together publicly (Quality time)

5. Even your devices need physical touch to work. Do you hold your loved one as much as you hold your gadgets?

• No! I prefer to love from afar
  • Go to question 7
• Yes! I would actually love a hug right now (Physical touch)

6. Does the idea of a surprise (like an unexpected email) make your heart race?

• Yes! Feeling nerves (not butterflies)
  • Go to question 8
• No – but my guard is up
  • Go to question 9

7. Do you love romantic gestures (including acts of heroism like forwarding spam messages to 7726 – which can help protect all Canadians from spam)?

• No! On second thought, I would prefer a hug (Physical touch)
• Yes, I do love a hero (Acts of service)

8. Do you believe that love, much like software updates, waits for no one?

• Yes, I always act as soon as I can! (Acts of service)
• No, love takes time, effort and boxes of chocolate (Receiving gifts)

9. When it comes to love, is consistency (like your anti-virus software scanning your device at the same time every day) important to you?

• Yes! I love routine (Quality time)
• No, I prefer spontaneity (I use tools like a VPN so I can find a “connection” anywhere) (Receiving gifts)

Your result

Physical touch

For you, romance is a warm hug. When it comes to your devices and showing affection, a quick tap, a fingerprint scan or even a code sent to your device can go a long way. Multi-factor authentication Multi-factor authenticationA tactic that can add an additional layer of security to your devices and account. Multi-factor authentication requires additional verification (like a PIN or fingerprint) to access your devices or accounts. Two-factor authentication is a type of multi-factor authentication. (MFA) is the best way to express your love and protect your accounts and devices with an added layer of security.

Acts of service

You show you care with thoughtful actions – like installing a VPN, downloading anti-virus software Anti-virus softwareSoftware that defends against viruses, Trojans, worms and spyware. Anti-virus software uses a scanner to identify programs that are or may be malicious. Scanners can detect known viruses, previously unknown viruses and suspicious files. or configuring a firewall FirewallA security barrier placed between two networks that controls the amount and kinds of traffic that may pass between the two. This protects local system resources from being accessed from the outside. to protect what you love most. You can show your devices you care by being cautious when you connect to public Wi-Fi Wi-FiWi-Fi refers to a set of wireless communication protocols that can transmit traffic to Wi-Fi enabled devices within a local area. A Wi-Fi enabled device such as a laptop or tablet can connect to the internet when within range of a wireless network connected to the internet. An area covered by one or more Wi-Fi access points is commonly called a hotspot. . Never click on suspicious links and being careful about what you download DownloadTransmission of data from a remote computer system onto a local computer system. . So romantic.

Receiving gifts

You express your love through the art of gift-giving. While a thoughtful present is enough to make most people melt, you might want to be wary about “free gifts” in suspicious or unexpected emails. Knowing how to spot the signs of a phishing PhishingAn attempt by a third party to solicit confidential information from an individual, group, or organization by mimicking or spoofing, a specific, usually well-known brand, usually for financial gain.  scam is the best way to keep you and your loved ones safe.

Quality time

For you, love means spending meaningful, uninterrupted time together. When it comes to your devices, there’s no better way to experience that than when you’re running software SoftwareA computer program that provides instructions which enable the computer hardware to work. System software, such as Windows, Linux or MacOS, operate the machine itself, and applications software, such as spreadsheet or word processing programs, provide specific functionality. u pdates. Your device will run smoother, you’ll get the latest security patches and if you’re feeling bold, you can stare longingly into each other’s eyes (or screens) while you update UpdateUpdates to software and devices add new features, fix bugs, and often contain new security features to protect against attacks. your systems.

Words of affirmation

You love to give and receive heartfelt compliments – and so do your devices in the form of strong, unique passphrases. Go ahead and write a four-word love letter to your gadgets. Bonus points if it’s long, poetic and too complex for cyber criminals to solve. Nothing says, “I love you” quite like “StunningConnectionElectricityRomance.”