privacy/security
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009Hi {!firstname_fix} ~
It’s a hit! Two quick things. A reminder about the Internet Archive
and an easy fix to a perplexing Firefox issue.
Yesterday I told you about the Internet Archive. Based on the
emails that are coming in it is quite popular.
If you visited the Archive or used the WayBack Machine why not
share what you found by [...]
Don’t let this happen to you…
Saturday, January 24th, 2009It’s scary. Here you are just looking for information on the Internet and the next thing you know your computer is infected with something nasty. Even worse maybe your computer has become a Zombie on a Botnet. You install programs to combat this and they slow you down even more. What can you do?
First take [...]
I almost fell for it…
Thursday, June 21st, 2007It’s scary how easy is to be snared in an email “phishing” attempt. I have told you how to avoid phishing attempts several times in the past. Now get this - I almost fell for one of these scams just last week.
Pegasus Email Client Being Flagged as a Trojan…
Friday, May 18th, 2007Over the years I have highly recommended the Pegasus email client. I still do if you are an advanced user.
David Harris the creator of Pegasus sent this email that talks about Norton Antivirus flagging Pegasus as a Trojan. It is not. If you use Pegasus and Norton read this note carefully and protect yourself.
The Pegasus [...]
TNPC More on Security…
Friday, May 18th, 2007TNPC Newsletter
by Dan Butler
17 May 2007
Last issue we talked about routers in general and default
passwords in particular. The advice to change your default
password carries over to everything you do. Bank accounts,
online accounts, email accounts, your ISP account and many more.
Always change the default password in any account. You should
also consider your PIN numbers as passwords [...]
Just How Widespread are Security Breaches?
Thursday, May 17th, 2007Here is some interesting data on what is happening to your private information. etiolated.org shows graphs and other statistical data on security breaches. You will find it interesting.
http://www.etiolated.org/
Fingerprinted for Selling Your Music CD’s?
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007Interesting article at ars technica on laws popping up around the U.S. concerning the sale of used music CD’s to Pawn shops and used music stores. It is really a bit depressing. I’m all for avoiding piracy of digital goods but at some point it just gets silly.
Read this article for yourself here
TSA Loses Hard Drive…
Saturday, May 5th, 2007Story on how a portable hard drive with information on 100,000 people was gone missing at the TSA.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070505/D8OTUCJ80.html
How do these things keep happening? And why isn’t the first thing we here something like “Don’t worry. We keep that sort of data encrypted and the chances of an outsider are slim.” Why don’t we hear [...]
Credit Card Fraud - Your Fault?
Sunday, March 11th, 2007From Stuff.co.nz:
If criminals steal money from your bank or use your credit card remotely, the chances are you’re to blame.
Click here to read the full story…
Good article on basic ways to protect your card. The parts about you being responsible for fraud are worth noting and frustrating. Basically the credit card industry wants to shift [...]
Safer Email Tips
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007Six ways to avoid email problems.
TNPC Newsletter
by Dan Butler
09 January 2007
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