This post is made to fulfill the required task given by @cryptokannon and other steem greeters @focusnow and others too numerous to mention
I am writing this post to prove the fact that I have read through and understood the basic security measures on steem and how to protect my keys from third parties.
These basic security measure on steem has to do with the how safe guarding the computer generated keys given to users as soon as their their account is created .
They are:
Private posting keys: these keys are used for;
Publishing a post or comment,
Editing a post or comment,
Upvoting or downvoting,
Resteeming contents,
Following and unfollowing people or accounts,
Mute accounts.
Private active keys: they are used for;
Transfering tokens or funds,
Powering up or down steems,
Steem BD conversions,
Voting for witnesses,
Placing an order on an exchange,
Certain profile changes,
Publishing a witness price feed,
Creating a new user into the blockchain.
Private memo keys: Memo keys are used for;
Sending an encrypted message
Viewing an encrypted message
Private owner keys: Owner keys are used for;
Resetting all other keys such as Owner, Active, and Posting keys,
Recovering accounts,
Declining vote rights
Question 1. Have you retrieve all your keys on steemit?
Answer: Yes,i have retrieved all my keys on steemit. I retrieved it after creating my account and it was successful . There's a link that required me to download PDF file containing my keys which I did.
Question 2. Do you know each of these key functions and restrictions?
Answer:sure,i know each of these key functions and restrictions . Already made a blog above.
Question 3. How do you plan to keep your master password?
Answer: to keep my master password, I need to save it offline in a hardcopy and I have done that by manually writing it on my diary and copying it to my flash drive .
Question 4. Do you know how to transfer your steem token to another steem user account? Answer: sure, by clicking on transfer button, insert the receiver's username, put in my private active keys and send.
Question 5. Do you know how to power up your STEEM?
Answer: Yes. By clicking on power up. Immediately it's converted to steem power.