How safe is your information?

17th August 2008 • Related • Filed Under

burglar Last night I watched a documentary on SKY about the increase of identity theft and so called “skimming” of auto banks in the United Kingdom. It made me realise many of us use computers in one form or another to store information. PDA, Mobile Phones and PC. I am no expert on computer security, but I do try my best to make sure that my personal files are as safe as possible. I am very fortunate to have two hard drives on my laptop. One for the Operating System and one purely for personal files, photo’s etc. When it comes to banking details and other personal details I use an encryption program called Steganos.

 

steganos I started of using PGP in the good old DOS days and when it was still free. The original programmer (Phil Zimmerman) nearly ended up in jail in the US for writing this piece of software. US Government was not impressed with the idea that it was virtually impossible to crack. With PGP to encrypt a file you create your “personal key” that is only known to you. I prefer PGP’s method as I feel it is more secure as there is no exchange of passwords. It is a commercial product now and does have a bit of large price tag.

kaspersky On the Firewall and Anti-Virus side of things I moved from Symantec to Kaspersky. Kaspersky also have a Mobile Version for PDA’s and Mobile Phones. I doubt if most of us have to go to such extremes, but lately with the treats of exposing our personal emails to the public, it may be worth looking into something to make things a bit more secure. Nothing in this world is 100% secure, but it is better to have a lock on our front door than nothing.

Better safe than sorry!

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  1. Comment by demoerin on 18 August 2008:

    :lol: , Mens kan seker nie te versigtig wees nie. Ek ly elk geval so ‘n boring bestaan, twyfel of iemand in my “ID” sou belangstel. hehehe

  2. Comment by Rustig on 18 August 2008:

    Is seker so. Dink net aan al die skuld wat mens kan aangaan op iemand anders se naam, ongeag of die persoon ryk of arm is. Die een wat in my bank rekening in “hack” sal baie teleurgesteld wees.

  3. Comment by demoerin on 18 August 2008:

    :lol: , met sy eerste aankoop sal alles hop. Shame, ons gun die skelms ook niks nie!

  4. Comment by Rustig on 18 August 2008:

    Ons arm gatte is ook maar net ‘n hindernis vir die skelms.

  5. Comment by Pikkelik on 20 August 2008:

    Ek het na my onlangse, kan ek die woord ‘vieslike’ ondervinding ook Kasperspy aangeskaf, en behalwe vir die gat in my sak is my rekenaar nou redelik veilig, behalwe natuurlik as een of ander pateet nou weer slim genoeg is om dit ook te bypass… Oi, ek is moeg geploeg! Maar op hierdie stadium kan hulle egter my rekeninge met liefde kom ‘hack’! Solank hulle net al die skuld ook vat!!

  6. Comment by Rustig on 20 August 2008:

    Pik ek hou van jou “hoenna”! Ja jong daar sal altyd een wees wat slimmer is. Is maar beter om veilig te speel. Kaspersky raak net al hoe beter na die jare. Die “upgrade” is gelukkig nie so duur soos die eerste een nie. Hoe gaan dit met die trek?

  7. Comment by Frank Botha on 20 August 2008:

    Hallo Demoerin.

    My eerste besoek hier op jou interessante blog. Het Demoerin’s Klasak ook op my Skakels-lys gelaai. Ek lees lankal. Keep it up.

    Groete,
    Frank Botha

  8. Comment by Rustig on 20 August 2008:

    Frank? Ek is nou die die slimste ou bloggertjie in die omgewing nie, maar ek dink jy is nou op verkeerde blog. Demoerin is die laaste huis op die hoek net langs die “fish & chip” winkel. Jy is nou op Onrustig.

    Anders is dit iemand wat jou naam misbruik. Elk geval baie welkom Frank.
    :)

  9. Comment by demoerin on 20 August 2008:

    :lol: , Eish Frank, het jy verdwaal. Gebruik vir Garmin volgende keer!

  10. Comment by demoerin on 20 August 2008:

    :cry: , langs die “fish & chips” winkel :?:

  11. Comment by Rustig on 20 August 2008:

    Tom-Tom en Google Maps help ook! Seker laat nag gehad.
    Demoerin: Ek hoop nie dit is weer een wat gek skeer nie. Ek het nie probleme met Frank nie.

  12. Comment by demoerin on 21 August 2008:

    Ek wonner nog oor die fish en tjips winkel… :lol:

  13. Comment by Zee on 21 August 2008:

    :lol:
    Watter hoek is jou fish en tjips winkel DMI?
    :lol:

  14. Comment by Rustig on 21 August 2008:

    Demoerin: Die een langs jou huis. Die vis en tjips winkel met die oom met die gaatjies frokkie en sweet “stains” onder die arms.
    :lol:

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