[OnTheIce]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

And it's not being paranoid when people are intercepting, recording, stealing and hacking information all the time! It's what I do for a living, and I know I'm not being half as paranoid about my own data as I am about work. Work is a much bigger target.

People are intercepting, recording and stealing the cloud files of generic Canadian citizens?

How many times have you had your personal network attempted to be breached?

[DrCaleb]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

And it's not being paranoid when people are intercepting, recording, stealing and hacking information all the time! It's what I do for a living, and I know I'm not being half as paranoid about my own data as I am about work. Work is a much bigger target.

People are intercepting, recording and stealing the cloud files of generic Canadian citizens?

Yes, if it's on the Internet, it's a target. And these are just recent:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... e19910556/

http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/securit ... 23gx4.html

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/hackin ... 0-6424111/

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hackers-target ... ve-1476043

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

How many times have you had your personal network attempted to be breached?

All the time. So is yours. All you have to do it connect a PC to the internet, and casual attacks begin within seconds. Someone tries to do a more intense hack of my systems at least monthly. Usually just a script, but once in a while it's more 'personal'.

[BRAH]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Easy solution: password protect your phone. If you haven't already done that, what would you do if you lost it by accident?

Do what I do: Sync to the cloud and have your phone set to wipe itself on the second failed password.

I never put data in a 'cloud'. I'm just too paranoid. My cell syncs to my home PC, and by default the phone will wipe on 10 bad passwords. I've set it to 5, because I've done 3 bads far to often.

I can also remote wipe if I lose it. Or, if it's confiscated for 'evidence' and I suddenly can't remember the password.

Where are you supposed to store home made porn if not in the cloud?

[DrCaleb]

BRAH BRAH:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Do what I do: Sync to the cloud and have your phone set to wipe itself on the second failed password.

I never put data in a 'cloud'. I'm just too paranoid. My cell syncs to my home PC, and by default the phone will wipe on 10 bad passwords. I've set it to 5, because I've done 3 bads far to often.

I can also remote wipe if I lose it. Or, if it's confiscated for 'evidence' and I suddenly can't remember the password.

Where are you supposed to store home made porn if not in the cloud?

Porntube.

You saw that coming, didn't you?

[BRAH]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

BRAH BRAH:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

I never put data in a 'cloud'. I'm just too paranoid. My cell syncs to my home PC, and by default the phone will wipe on 10 bad passwords. I've set it to 5, because I've done 3 bads far to often.

I can also remote wipe if I lose it. Or, if it's confiscated for 'evidence' and I suddenly can't remember the password.

Where are you supposed to store home made porn if not in the cloud?

Porntube.

You saw that coming, didn't you?

I've never heard of it.
Good luck to the police trying to access your BlackBerry.

[BeaverFever]

susanlinda8234 susanlinda8234:

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

I now have an iphone 5s and it requires you to enable screen lock if you want to save your Apple ID in the phone (saving the Apple ID is required in order to set up auto-update of the apps and operating system, among other things). The 5s has fingerprint recognition so you can unlock without having to key in the password.

Now what if you horribly burn your finger, or even worse. Lose them. Then what?

Well:

1) If I lose my fingers, any phone is going be useless and probably the least of my concerns!
2) You can save more than 1 figerprint (for another person or another finger)
3) You have to set a PIN code first before you set the fingerprint, so there is always the option of unlocking the screen by keying in the PIN code - fingerprint is just faster

[Yogi]

Always keep in mind that no matter how secure you think your info is if you can access it, so can someone else!

[DrCaleb]

Yogi Yogi:

Always keep in mind that no matter how secure you think your info is if you can access it, so can someone else!

^^ That!

Right now I know my cellphone is secure, because it's locked, and has very little personal information about me. And basically only phone numbers of my contacts.

My home computer is perfectly safe as well, because it's off.

[BartSimpson]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

My home computer is perfectly safe as well, because it's off.

Unless you unplug it both from the net and from the power source it's still not secure.

I can start plenty of computers over the net with a "Wake on LAN ping". I do it all the time.

And my agency runs monitoring programs on our machines that allow us to start a machine in 'silent mode' (meaning no lights, no audio, and no video) so we can collect security logs from unknowing staff. If we can do this then so can anyone else.

And any machine with a WLAN card is wirelessly hackable.

So unless your machine is unplugged, with the WLAN card removed, and the power unplugged then it is not secure.

[Freakinoldguy]

Yogi Yogi:

Problem solved!

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There's alot to be said for being an old fart and not "embracing" new technology.

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Let's see the cops get any personal info off of this thing.

[Yogi]

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Yogi Yogi:

Problem solved!

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There's alot to be said for being an old fart and not "embracing" new technology.

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Let's see the cops get any personal info off of this thing.

Fuckin eh!

[peck420]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

So unless your machine is unplugged, with the WLAN card removed, and the power unplugged then it is not secure.

Hmmm...I have always just been hitting the off on my power bar.

Should I seriously be going further than that?

Everything, except my router, (different location) is plugged into that power bar.

[DrCaleb]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

My home computer is perfectly safe as well, because it's off.

Unless you unplug it both from the net and from the power source it's still not secure.

I can start plenty of computers over the net with a "Wake on LAN ping". I do it all the time.

And my agency runs monitoring programs on our machines that allow us to start a machine in 'silent mode' (meaning no lights, no audio, and no video) so we can collect security logs from unknowing staff. If we can do this then so can anyone else.

And any machine with a WLAN card is wirelessly hackable.

So unless your machine is unplugged, with the WLAN card removed, and the power unplugged then it is not secure.

It has (They have*) no Wireless, is not directly Internet connected, is on a UPS that is also 'off'.

I connect a router to the internet, to a switch, to another router. The second router is my 'private' network (wireless), the switch is my DMZ. I block ports (including port 7 ) not specifically needed from travelling between the routers, on the 'private' router and the switch. The only wireless on my network is my android tablet, which has zero personal info on it. I just use it as a book reader, basically. And before anyone screams "Amazon!!!", no, I get pretty much all the books from Project Gutenberg.

No, it's not a super duper mil-grade multi-authentication kind of a gateway, but it's good enough for a home network. It keeps the riff-raff out.

* I have several boxes, some internal and some in the DMZ. One runs vmware and contains a bunch of other servers, and one has workstations. All for 'play'

[BRAH]

Wouldn't an air gapped laptop have good security?

[Public_Domain]

Hmm, security. During some password change rush awhile ago, plus new devices, I've really fallen behind on putting passwords on things.

Even my computer is lackluster for security now.

Whatever. For now, if someone looks through my phone, it's their loss,