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In this day and age, you can’t be too careful with your personal information. We all know I’m not a private person in any way, but I do value your privacy and want to help keep you safe. Here are some excellent tips that Josh sent in, to help your data and identity stay secure.
- Don’t shop online or check your email on public computers, or when using unencrypted wireless networks. If you do have to do these things, be sure you log out and clear any cookies and login information you possibly can. Also, try using After Work on a U3 Flash Drive if possible. After Work erase online and offline history: Temporary Internet Files, IE history, typed urls, opened documents, started programs, temporary registry values.
- Only visit trusted sites for downloads. For example, if you need to download drivers for hardware, check the manufacturer’s website first. Don’t rely on a Google search. You may end up entering personal information to get your download, or even paying for things that should be free.
- Keep your passwords long and difficult. You more than ten characters, add punctuation where allowed, add a mixture of letters and numbers, and mix up your capitalization with lowercase letters. There are a couple of excellent password managing tools out there, including the open-source KeePass, and RoboForm. The simple version of RoboForm is free. However, if you’d like a paid version, I can save you 20% if you ask nicely.
- Create a password for your BIOS. This will make it impossible for anyone to get onto your computer without the password. This is a password that must be entered before the OS even loads. Also, change your Windows password often, to prevent anyone from figuring it out.
- Encrypt your data. TrueCrypt is open-source (FREE!) software that will encrypt your data as it is entered.
- Two bonus tips: Make use of hidden files and folders, and keep the option to view them turned OFF. Also, change file extensions whenever possible.
These are excellent privacy tips, Josh. For everyone else, what other privacy tips do you have that you want to pass along to the rest of the world? Leave them for me in a comment to this video, or email them to me at chris@pirillo.com
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30 Comments
vovakovtun
December 7th, 2007
at 1:17pm
1st
nelson1tom
December 7th, 2007
at 1:25pm
aye
xalint1
December 7th, 2007
at 1:31pm
Never never give out your First and Last name its amazing what you can find out about a person.
Pablols7
December 7th, 2007
at 1:36pm
Nice
mistafied187
December 7th, 2007
at 1:44pm
Check out Cisco
luckyboi1988
December 7th, 2007
at 1:45pm
Your hott Chris!
mouseboyx
December 7th, 2007
at 2:14pm
im blocked from wyldryde for no apparant reason user: mouseboyx
mohawow
December 7th, 2007
at 2:21pm
Thank You
flippinoutatthetvnow
December 7th, 2007
at 2:23pm
haha! Spaceballs reference 2:50
LrdDarkFyre
December 7th, 2007
at 7:15pm
Hello Chris, I really love your videos. I have been trying to Email you but it is not going through for some reason. I have a question about outlook. It seems that when I try to Email using outlook there are times that it tells me the Email address is not valid yet I know it is and when I use my hotmail or other Email providers the Email works. Any suggestions? Thanks and BTW in the chat I am also LrdDarkFyre. Have a wonderful weekend.
MipoFilms
December 7th, 2007
at 8:44pm
by the way you whernt f1st’
Nikiaf
December 7th, 2007
at 9:36pm
sometimes just restarting the computer can erase data. i know all the computers at my school have this rootkit or something like that made by microsoft, that erases all the data saved onto the computer after it restarts. this would eliminate all cookies and anything else saved to the computer.
leonacraft
December 7th, 2007
at 10:40pm
“sounds like an idiot would use a combination on their luggage” I thought it went “sounds like an idiot would use a code on their briefcase”… gotta love spaceballs, funny movie. ^_^ I’d also like to add, NEVER!!!! use VNC!, I was hacked through it, and my computer was purposly crashed because of this, and that person also tried to steal my identity.
Hexophenia
December 7th, 2007
at 11:36pm
where do you get that screen saver! all the so called free screen savers online seem to not be..free.
blumonkeyboy
December 7th, 2007
at 11:58pm
Wait a sec, 12345! D### Someone vchange the code on my luggage
vahnx1337
December 8th, 2007
at 1:24am
Where do you get that screen saver Chris???!!!
fordo566
December 8th, 2007
at 2:04am
It comes with windows Vista.
Whydidipickthisname
December 8th, 2007
at 3:01am
Space balls referance 0_o
purplehaze007
December 8th, 2007
at 3:38am
my favorite password is password :D
vahnx1337
December 8th, 2007
at 4:52am
Doh! Lol, Ribbons.
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Spamantor
December 8th, 2007
at 7:20am
same no ever guess it
vahnx1337
December 8th, 2007
at 9:09am
It’s amazing how many wireless networks you can connect to that don’t have a password, then type 192.168.1.1 and guess the name and password to get into someones router. You can even brick their router by doing a faulty firmware upgrade.
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December 8th, 2007
at 2:58pm
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December 8th, 2007
at 3:36pm
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Love This Girl
December 9th, 2007
at 11:42am
Do not post your email address on web pages. Do not send personal information through email (it is not secure!). This includes credit cards and other account numbers. Some of this information was taken fromprivacy for the computer savvyand privacy top 12.
rayday559
December 10th, 2007
at 11:45am
all u have too do is use delete in internet options before u log off computer
ErichH68
December 11th, 2007
at 12:22pm
From Slashdot…”Are you using Windows Vista? Then you might as well know that the licensed operating system installed on your machine is harvesting a healthy volume of information for Microsoft. In this context, a program such as the Windows Genuine Advantage is the last of your concerns. In fact, in excess of 20 Windows Vista features and services are hard at work collecting and transmitting your personal data to the Redmond company.”
simplykyle
December 26th, 2007
at 7:59pm
Two things:
1. Get rid of Norton. Use a freeware like AVG because they keep their virus database updated. My mom had 2800 threats on her computer and it found and deleted all of them.
2. Don’t use Microsoft Outlook. It is one of the top programs that
allow viruses to sneak through…remember the Love Bug? lol