Wikipedia:Personal security practices

More cookies may be set when you log in, to avoid typing in your user name (or optionally password) on your next visit. These last up to 30 days. You may clear these cookies after use if you are using a public machine and don't wish to expose your username to future users of the machine. (If so, clear the browser cache as well.)

If you are logged in, you will be identified by your user name. This may be your real name if you so choose, or you may choose to publish under a pseudonym, a fictitious name you select when creating your account.

It may be either difficult or easy for a motivated individual to connect your network IP address with your real-life identity. Therefore, if you are concerned about privacy, you may wish to log in and publish under a pseudonym.

Because a user's interest areas, writing style, and argumentative positions may establish an identifiable pattern, true pseudonymity may not be realistically achievable.

It is possible to mask a personal IP by using an open or anonymising proxy, a server that disguises the user's IP address. However, doing this can be inconvenient as they are often blocked due to frequent misuse by vandals (see also ).

It is recommended that you use utmost caution and discretion when revealing information that could be used to personally identify you.

Here are some tips that editors should consider to reduce the likelihood that their accounts may be compromised:

gives editors a way to later prove that they are the person who was in control of their account on the day the template was placed. This is done by putting a public commitment to a secret string on the user page so that, in the unlikely event that their account is compromised, they can convince someone else that they are the real person behind the username, even if the password has been changed by the hijacker.

Data on users, such as the times at which they edited and the number of edits they have made are publicly available via "user contributions" lists, and in aggregated forms published by other users.

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