As SBD and Steem values increase, more and more people will attempt different methods to get access to your account to steal your money from your Steem wallet. There are traditional kind of assholes too, who want to harm you and your computer outside Steemit too, creating backdoors to your computer or infecting with malicious software.

<h2>What not to do</h2>
- First of all, you should not use your "master password" for everyday logins. You should avoid giving master password or private owner key anywhere. Try to keep using private posting key as much as you can - even if you enter this to a phising site, you will not lose your money.
- Avoid clicking links on Steemit unless you 100% trust the person. There are very many sites mimicing Steemit with similar url as Steemit has, trying to trick you to give your keys to them. <b>Be very wary of links in Steemit posts, comments or on chat/Discord!</b>
- Do not give your keys to untrustworthy third party apps.
- Don't eat yellow snow.
- Especially in the chat and on Discord, avoid any situations where someone promises you upvotes for Steem - especially if they want you to send the Steem to a trading site. Anyone can pretend to be another user on the chat and on Discord.

<h2>What to do</h2>
- Keep your password safe. The best solution is having at least two copies in offline location.
- Prefer using private posting key as much as you can.
- Always check the url to be correct when entering your keys on any site or service.
- If you are suspicious, check the trustworthiness of a service before giving your keys anywhere. Two minds are greater than one. Have at least one smart friend who you can trust.