December 22, 2008

Being safe with your data

As we have seen in the past year, keeping data is not a very easy thing to do, after all if the government can lose data left right and centre what hope is there for the rest of us.

Well unlike governments and those people who work for them, most individuals are very particular in the way that they operate especially when it comes to data, but there are always other things that can be done, like:

Wipe that iPhone (or BlackBerry) before trading in.
Use virtual credit cards for iffy online buys.
Hide data inside files with steganography.
Plan for the worst.
Get smarter on security questions.
Boost your browsing and downloading privacy.
Theft-proof your laptop (and its files).
Secure your wireless network.
Encrypt your data whole or piecemeal.
Use KeePass. Love KeePass. Be secure.

Most data protection is common sense, but there always the odd things that people do that can be mistakes.

Source [Lifehacker]