#Computers

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The Surveillance Self-Defense Site
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The Surveillance Self-Defense Site

As an admitted geek, I have often tried to help people in understanding <a href="http://ssd.eff.org"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1432" title="ssd-1" src="/images/uploads/2009/03/ssd-1-300x142.jpg" alt="ssd-1" width="300" height="142" /></a>the importance of information security, especially when it comes to technological storage and transmission.  From what kind of software you run, to how you communicate with others your data can be vulnerable.  From employers to government agencies, neighbors to hackers, what you say and keep can be taken and used in ways that you don't want.  But teaching everything people should know to keep themselves safe is often a long process, and something I often have to revisit to remind people.<!--more-->

Jayce
2 min read
Keeping your data safe
How To

Keeping your data safe

This post is a followup to the recent post on <a href="http://www.utahpreppers.com/2009/01/backing-up-your-computer-and-preserving-your-files/">backing up your data on flash drives</a>.  As stated, keeping your important data safe is extremely important.  Keeping a copy with you, and in a remote location is required practice for me.  But keeping your data safe is much more than just keeping a copy of your data around in case of hardware failure, fire, or evacuation.  You need to actually protect the data itself.

Jayce
3 min read