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Cybersecurity for Everyone

"No one would want to hack me!" (Famous last words.)

First I explain what the real risks and threats are, then we look at how to balance convenience with security in a sensible way.

What are the basic things you should know to protect yourself and your data? Is it safe to browse the web on an open wifi channel? How secure is your data in "the cloud"? How secure are your passwords? What is this HTTPS thing, and why should you care? How can you protect your privacy on social media?

Why mobile reference apps shouldn't be cloud-based

Submitted by lishevita on Sat, 06/11/2011 - 09:19

There are a great many applications coming out these days that are a type of reference book replacement and are designed so that you have to be connected to the Internet in order to use them. If you want access to information, you had better be connected to the magical cloud. I have a big problem with that, and no one I've worked with in recent years seems to understand why. Apparently, the digital elite think that everyone has constant access to the Internet, and therefore, there is no need to produce applications that have everything needed packaged in local storage.

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