Comments on: How To Be More Secure With Your Data & Identity http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/11/23/how-to-be-more-secure-with-your-data-identity/ Robert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and Tech Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:27:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Robert http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/11/23/how-to-be-more-secure-with-your-data-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-553499 Robert Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:01:58 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/?p=2147#comment-553499 @skierpage: Thanks for pointing out the bugs ;-) . I made a few tweaks. @skierpage: Thanks for pointing out the bugs ;-) . I made a few tweaks.

]]> By: skierpage http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/11/23/how-to-be-more-secure-with-your-data-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-553325 skierpage Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:35:27 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/?p=2147#comment-553325 Great information, I wish it was "skinnable" for less knowledgeable users (my Mom will stop reading at "use SSL" and "NAT replacement"). Regarding backup, I dutifully make them but I don't trust my backup programs. Awful Norton 360 and Lenovo ThinkVantage both nag me to make backups but I have no idea what format they use, whether any other vendor supports it, whether it's available for other O.S., etc. A few wordage errors (I couldn't locate an e-mail to nag you privately) "from the developers website" This is possessive form, so "developer's website" "your much better off", "if your under 30". These are contractions of "you are", so apostrophe. "sure of it’s origin". This is already a possessive pronoun like "his", so no apostrophe. Great information, I wish it was “skinnable” for less knowledgeable users (my Mom will stop reading at “use SSL” and “NAT replacement”).

Regarding backup, I dutifully make them but I don’t trust my backup programs. Awful Norton 360 and Lenovo ThinkVantage both nag me to make backups but I have no idea what format they use, whether any other vendor supports it, whether it’s available for other O.S., etc.

A few wordage errors (I couldn’t locate an e-mail to nag you privately)
“from the developers website” This is possessive form, so “developer’s website”
“your much better off”, “if your under 30″. These are contractions of “you are”, so apostrophe.
“sure of it’s origin”. This is already a possessive pronoun like “his”, so no apostrophe.

]]> By: Robert http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/11/23/how-to-be-more-secure-with-your-data-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-552961 Robert Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:42:00 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/?p=2147#comment-552961 @jmdesp: Good point, but the odds that your system and backup disk "break" at the same time is pretty low considering the reliability of modern drives. For practical purposes, your pretty safe if you have a primary system, a backup, and an offsite backup. In reality you should have several offsite backups since any offsite location you choose could be subject to the same disaster (hurricane, wildfire, etc.) and should be distributed across the globe. But in practical purposes, that's very unlikely to be needed and is to costly and time consuming for the average person. @jmdesp: Good point, but the odds that your system and backup disk “break” at the same time is pretty low considering the reliability of modern drives. For practical purposes, your pretty safe if you have a primary system, a backup, and an offsite backup.

In reality you should have several offsite backups since any offsite location you choose could be subject to the same disaster (hurricane, wildfire, etc.) and should be distributed across the globe. But in practical purposes, that’s very unlikely to be needed and is to costly and time consuming for the average person.

]]> By: jmdesp http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/11/23/how-to-be-more-secure-with-your-data-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-552932 jmdesp Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:46:22 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/?p=2147#comment-552932 And what if you unfortunately break your backup disk ? I learned the hard way it happens, so you should have 2 backup disk, or one copy on the backup disk and one encrypted on an online service. And what if you unfortunately break your backup disk ? I learned the hard way it happens, so you should have 2 backup disk, or one copy on the backup disk and one encrypted on an online service.

]]> By: Neil T. http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/11/23/how-to-be-more-secure-with-your-data-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-552789 Neil T. Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:48:40 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/?p=2147#comment-552789 You can get the <a href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/forcehttps/" rel="nofollow">ForceHTTPS</a> extension for Firefox which forces certain sites to use SSL, namely Google, Paypal and the like. You can get the ForceHTTPS extension for Firefox which forces certain sites to use SSL, namely Google, Paypal and the like.

]]> By: Don http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/11/23/how-to-be-more-secure-with-your-data-identity/comment-page-1/#comment-552566 Don Mon, 24 Nov 2008 03:48:10 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/?p=2147#comment-552566 Very well written sound advice, an ideal Fireproof, Floodproof, Crushproof Backup system is the just released ProtectItSafe which gives a minimum 2 hour fire protection, USB 2.0 connection allows software to automatically backup. http://www.protectitsafe.com Very well written sound advice, an ideal Fireproof, Floodproof, Crushproof Backup system is the just released ProtectItSafe which gives a minimum 2 hour fire protection, USB 2.0 connection allows software to automatically backup. http://www.protectitsafe.com

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