Greetings to all my fellow newbies and hiveans, it’s another amazing week again and I would like to specially welcome you all to this week's task Week 3 which was initially conducted on the SMILE Discord Space by 
This week prompt is quite different and very crucial and I must say it ahead to you could save yourself from any future bad occurrence that may have a bad impact to you HIVE journey. For this week’s newbie initiative task, I'm gonna be sharing some detailed informations on HIVE KEYS, SECURITY. I hope you gain something from this post and most importantly take something from here.
These Hive keys which I would be explaining after are encrypted passcodes every Hive users own that used for different purposes. Every hivean are entitled to five (5) different which are OWNER, ACTIVE, POSTING, MEMO, MASTER. I would be stating the key below and as well as explaining its efficacy.
OWNER KEY
The most potent key is capable of altering every key associated with an account, even its own.
Uses
Change Password || Change Keys || Recover Account
ACTIVE KEY
On the Hive blockchain, An active key which also refers to as private key, enables the owner to vote for witnesses, move payments, and do other operations that require more than basic rights. It's a more powerful key than the posting key, so keep it safe and only share it with trustworthy individuals or programs.
Uses
Transfer Funds || Power up/down || Voting Witnesses/Proposals
POSTING KEY
On Hive, By simply reading the word "posting," you would be aware of its purpose and significance of the posting key. The posting key is intended to be used more frequently than the active key and can be used to communicate with the Hive blockchain.
Uses
Post || Comment || Vote || Reblog || Follow || Profile
MEMO KEY
A memo key is a private key that is used to encrypt and decrypt memos associated with transactions, on Hive the account owner can configure the memo key, which is an optional key.
Uses
Send || View encrypted messages on transfers
WHERE TO USE YOUR KEYS
This section where is going to be covering the reasons why the account gets hacked and how you can secure your hive keys and as well as a short pictorial tutorial on where and how to find your hive key, and without fuda-Adu let's get right into it.
Ignorance: Many times we see disturbing information that we are not aware of or might not be heard of maybe it is a virus or malware or a spam message and instead of going to seek the help of those who have more knowledge about it we excuse it and end up falling into a trap.
Mishandling of Hive keys; This is most common amongst newbies and should be taken seriously, IT IS NOT EVERY PERSON OR ORGANIZATION THAT ASKS FOR YOUR KEYS THAT YOU SHARE, It's important to note that anyone with access to the active key can perform actions on behalf of the account, so it's essential to keep the key secure and only use it when necessary.
Pictorial explanation on how to find the Hive key.
~Then the Account Action nav bar opens and you'll click on KEY & PERMISSIONS
~Then you'll see your keys but there aren't visible yet until you'll put in your MASTER KEY and to do so you'll click the REVIEW KEY button which is down the page
~when you click on the button you'll be shown where you'll put your master key then afterward your Key will be reviewed.
