Security is mostly hype, right? You don’t really need to bother with all those complicated passwords, antivirus software, firewalls and such. Its all just software salesmen and security consultants trying to scare everyone so they can sell their products and services. I don’t actually disagree with their statements at times but there are common sense steps everyone should take to secure their computers & networks and there is certainly no shortage of hype in the news. However, as one of the common sense measures that aren’t pure hype you should consider encrypting your email communications. If you are on vacation you might send a picture postcard to a friend or…
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Online passwords: keep it complicated
20 Accounts, 20 Passwords? By now, you probably have about 20 different passwords you’re struggling to remember. There must be an easier way. How do you stay one step ahead of the hackers and still stay sane? Let me hazard a wild guess: the system of passwords you use on the internet for accessing online banking, email, shopping sites, Twitter and Facebook accounts is a mess. You know perfectly well what you ought to be doing: for each site you visit, you should be choosing a different, complex sequence of letters, numbers and symbols, and then memorising it. (That’s rule number one of the conventional wisdom on passwords: never, ever…