Amazon has recently announced the “Biggest Sale in the Sky” — a splendid shopping event starting on 22 June. The main reason for the sale is to kick-start the non-essential items sales and help retailers mitigate the impact felt by sellers due to the delay in holding Amazon’s annual Prime Day event.
While the exact deals have not been publicized yet, people expect them to be similar to Prime Day offers, such as “Lightning deals”, which are very limited and only last for a few hours. To make it even more challenging, these deals are limited in stock.
There are many tips on how to win such limited-time and limited-quantity deals, but security experts at NordPass advise leaving it to technology to save a few valuable minutes and catch the deal of your dreams.
“When it comes to these limited deals, a few minutes can be game-changing. If you use a password manager, you can instantly and securely fill in your card details without having to reach for your wallet,” says Chad Hammond, a security expert at NordPass.
Besides its convenience, a password manager is also a secure place to store your credit card details. While many retailers encourage their customers to save personal information on their websites, security experts advise otherwise: “While it’s definitely convenient, it’s difficult to track what type of security measures each website uses. You must also remember that their primary job is to sell goods —not worry about your cybersecurity needs. So, it’s better to use a separate tool dedicated to saving credentials,” says the NordPass security expert.
The security expert shares some other tips on how to stay safe and secure when shopping online:
Learn to recognize phishing.
Phishing is a type of social engineering technique that is designed to trick you into giving away your sensitive information. It can appear in the form of an email with a malicious attachment, or it may include a link to direct you to a spoofed website. Often it will be masked as an amazing deal or offer, but remember — if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Shop on secure websites.
When shopping online, make sure to check whether the website URL starts with HTTPS or HTTP. The former (often indicated with a padlock symbol) are legitimate and secure, as they encrypt your traffic.
Watch your accounts closely.
Hackers will often rely on people’s laziness and attempt to steal small sums of money in the hope that they will go unnoticed. Make sure you monitor your accounts carefully, question transactions you don’t recall, and report the ones that seem fraudulent.