There are new phishing attempts on the blockchain.
Read this post by Steem Cleaners and educate yourself about the latest scam here.
Don't fall for it.
Phishing attempts will try to steal your account keys. Like this:
A comment like the one above will take you away from Steemit or any other Steem front end. It will take you to a website that's made to look like a legitimate service. It is actually a fake website.
The fake website is designed to trick you to put in your account name and password (or active key). When you do that, the hackers log into your account, steal all your money and change your password. Then they use your account to spam other phishing comments with.
The best protection: NEVER USE YOUR MASTERKEY.
As luck would have it the Steem Blockchain comes with the best protection for your account out of all the blockchains out there.
It does this by giving you 3 permission keys. The Posting, The Active and the Master key.
You can find these keys under your wallet --> permissions. (Press the green button on the right).
Even if you fall for a phishing attempt everything is not lost but you need to have followed this 1 simple rule:
NEVER USE YOUR MASTERKEY ANYWHERE EVER!
The Masterkey is the ultimate key. It's the password you got when you made your account.
You don't need this key ever on a daily basis. You only need it when you want to change ownership settings of your account.
As long as you never use this key and keep it safe somewhere you will always be the owner of your account.
Use your posting key for posting content and your active key for transferring STEEM/SBD.
In case your posting key or active key is compromised you can always change them with your MASTERKEY.
Confusing?
If you find this confusing don't worry. It's been confusing for a lot of people.
If you have questions let me know in the comments.
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