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Re: security
- To: http://www.state.vt.us/~Flora. (Flora E ), http://profiles.yahoo.com/Flora (Flora E ), http://www.gmail.com/~flora (Flora E )
- Subject: Re: security
- From: Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
- Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 16:01:26 -0800
- Cc: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>, http://www.gmail.com/~christopher1 (Chris), http://www.gmail.com/~drchrisbear (Chris), http://www.picis.com/~Chris (Chris), http://www.optum.com/~Chris (Chris), http://www.gmail.com/~369marnie (Marnie), http://www.myself.com/~Bhavani (Bhavani), http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl (Bhavani), http://www.gmail.com/~bhavaniowl (Bhavani), http://www.engineer.com/~w1few (Richard), http://www.juno.com/~w1few (Richard), http://www.comcast.net/~r32 (Richard), http://www.icloud.com/~w1fewa (Richard), http://www.aol.com/~starsapphire68 (Amy), http://profiles.yahoo.com/Tim (Tim ), Nicholas <http://www.greenmtn.edu/~Nicholas.>, Alex <http://www.gmail.com/~alex.>
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> From: Flora <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:36:26 -0500
>
> There was a story on npr yesterday called: 3 Voices, 1 Threat: Personal
> Stories of Cyberhacking. Did anyone hear this story?
Yeah, I heard this story. Just relistened to part of it.
> Are you all taking
> steps to protect yourselves?
Some things I do:
1. Freeze all my credit through all the credit agencies (Equifax,
Experian, Transunion) so that if someone does find out my SSN, they
can't go on a credit card shopping spree.
2. Use a unique temporary email address for each service I use, including
bank accounts and everything.
3. Use a unique username for each service.
4. Do not use Windows because of randsomware and viruses in general.
5. Have different passwords on all important accounts.
6. Use a password manager to keep track of list of passwords. (This
isn't such a great idea; it's actually safer to keep the list on a
piece of paper in a file cabinet.)
7. Order annual credit reports. (This is a pain when your credit is
frozen, unfortunately. It also is not free when your credit is
frozen.)
8. Disable java, javascript, and flash and use adblockers and
spam-filtering software. (Disabling javascript is a big pain since
most web sites will not work without it; I enable it selectively.)
> Are you all concerned?
Noelle thinks I'm too concerned. Paranoia strikes deep.
> I went on my bank website per the story.
I don't use transactional alerts like they suggest. However, all
transactions at my primary bank account are emailed to me. They usually
make pretty boring reading, 'tho.
> https://www.usaa.com/inet/pages/security_center?akredirect=true