Protecting yourself online takes a mix of common sense and the right tools. Here are a few.
WSG uses Mozy Pro for off-site backup over the web.
Lifehacker helps you protect your data and again here
Another way to look at making your own passwords
eWeek – Los Alamos lab missing almost 100 computers
Net-Security.org’s Top 9 IT security threats for 2009
ReadWriteWeb.com’s look at emerging threats
MarketWatch.com tells us how to dodge the threat bullet
If you are on Facebook, if you were on Facebook, if you are thinking about getting on Facebook, if you have friends or family on Facebook, or if you ever publish anything online, please go right now to the Consumerist blog and read about Facebook’s new terms of service. Then go read the terms of service for EVERYTHING you use online. NOW.
Then look at the bottom of the page on the Consumerist’s post – notice anything?
The BBC News Technology section trumpets Internet Explorer 8 as Microsoft stepping up its efforts in the browser battles. I only wish the average user could understand how bad a product IE is. 6, 7, and I’m sure 8 are just bad. The designers and programmers with whom I work are already preparing for the changes IE8 will bring to the development and design world. I played with one of the beta versions of IE8, and it broke a fair share of good web pages. I am hoping that the rendering agents are more kind when it rolls out.
Folks should save themselves the trouble and use Firefox, Chrome or Opera. Safari for Windows even.
