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Basics Of Internet Privacy And Security - Become A Survivor Not A Statistic
By Ivanovich
It is a widely known fact that every computer's hard drive contains files which are sensitive or important to its user. Whether you are purchasing an item, surfing the web, or writing an essay; everything done through a requires some kind of data input.
Most people don't realize that it is not necessary to buy items online or manage your bank account through your PC, in order to have sensitive information stolen or compromised. Erasing important files from your computer's hard drive doesn't solve the problem either due to the fact that every one of those files is recoverable.
Internet users love the benefit of having easy access to information anywhere/anytime but the reality is that while the average user tries to access all the information the web has to offer, other individuals try to access private information in order to conduct illegal operations. Yes, by the way it sounds, it may seem that this is a problem only top-secret agencies and organizations should worry about but the hard fact is that nobody wants to wake up one day and realize that there is not a penny in the bank account, or that your credit score has gone down because you "allegedly used your social security information to apply for a mortgage loan".
ID theft is a very real and common issue that we need to address with urgency. The first step to protect sensitive information is to educate yourself as far as the technology involved in internet security and privacy. It is not necessary to become a software engineer to a "hacker" to protect yourself from intruders. All you need to understand is that your programs request, send and receive information from other computers through the internet, when you browse the web, your browser application sends small packets of information to web sites which in term write small files in your hard drive for tracking and identification purposes, these files are known as cookies.
The most effective way to make sure your doesn't "leak" private information is to make yourself invisible by using the right internet privacy tool. The applications you need to take proper care are the ones you use the most while you are online. To the average user this means protecting data sent and received through applications such as:
Web browsing/surfing programs (including https)
Email software(Outlook, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc)
P2P file sharing (Kazza, Morpheus, etc)
Chatting plugins/add-ons/applications(ICQ, IRC, AIM, Yahoo,
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Obsolete computer hardware, remember this?
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