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If you share your computer with other people, you may want to prevent them from accessing your private data. This article describes basic protections to take.

If you share your computer with other people, you may want to prevent them from logging in to your social network account, viewing your stored passwords and changing your bookmarks in Firefox. This article describes basic protections to take. __TOC__ = Use individual user accounts = You should create individual user accounts for each person who regularly uses your computer. This allows each user to have his or her own customization such as the wallpaper and visual style, and his or her own document folders such as the [[Profiles - Where Firefox stores your bookmarks, passwords and other user data|Firefox profile]] that stores your form history, Internet usernames and passwords, bookmarks, and other personal settings. Each person accesses his or her user account with a username and password. To create a user account: {for win8} * See [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/create-user-account Create a user account] at microsoft.com {/for} {for win7} * See [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/Create-a-user-account Create a user account] at microsoft.com {/for} {for winxp} * See [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/279783 How to create and configure user accounts in Windows XP] at microsoft.com {/for} {for mac} * See [http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6651 Mac OS X 10.6: Creating a new user account] at apple.com * See [http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4600 OS X Lion: Create a new user account] at apple.com * See [http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11468 OS X Mountain Lion: Create a new user account] at apple.com {/for} {for linux} * <u>Gnome</u>: See [http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/user-add.html.en Add a new user account] at gnome.org * <u>KDE</u>: See [http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdeadmin/kuser/index.html The KUser Handbook] at kde.org {/for} For more information on choosing secure passwords, see [[Create secure passwords to keep your identity safe]]. = Lock your computer when you are away from it = When you leave your computer, you should lock the screen to prevent other people from using your desktop and accessing your files. You will still be logged in and all your applications will keep running, but you will have to enter your password to use your computer again. You can lock the screen manually, but you can also have the screen lock automatically. {for win} {for win8} * '''Lock after a period of inactivity:''' ** See [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/using-screen-savers How to use screen savers] at microsoft.com {/for} {for win7} * '''Lock after a period of inactivity:''' **<u>Windows 7</u>: See [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Use-your-Windows-password-for-your-screen-saver-password Use your Windows password for your screen saver password] at microsoft.com **<u>Windows Vista</u>: See [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Use-your-Windows-password-for-your-screen-saver-password Use your Windows password for your screen saver password] at microsoft.com {/for} {for winxp} * '''Lock after a period of inactivity:''' ** See [http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/display_assign_screensaver_password.mspx?mfr=true To protect your files by using a screen saver password] at microsoft.com {/for} * '''Manual lock:''' Press {key [[Image:Windows Key]]+L}. {/for} {for mac} * '''Lock:''' ** See [http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6324 Mac OS X 10.6: About the General pane of Security preferences] at apple.com ** See [http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3956 OS X Lion: Require a password to wake your Mac] at apple.com ** See [http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10836 OS X Mountain Lion: Require a password after waking your Mac] at apple.com * '''Sleep and idle modes:''' **See [http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2412 About Energy Saver sleep and idle modes in Mac OS X] at apple.com {/for} {for linux} * <u>Gnome</u>: See [http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/3.5/display-lock.html.en Automatically lock your screen] and [http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/shell-exit.html.en#lock-screen Lock the screen] at gnome.org * <u>KDE</u>: See [http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kde-workspace/kcontrol/screensaver/index.html Screen Saver] at kde.org {/for} = Set a Firefox master password = In case someone would access Firefox if you forgot to lock your computer, you can also set a Firefox master password. For more information, see [[Use a Master Password to protect stored logins and passwords]]. [[Template:ShareArticle|link=http://mzl.la/13O1sYt]]