The New Interac Chip
You may already have one and not even know it. Credit cards have been introducing Chip Technology for some time.
The other day, I was buying a tea at the local Great Canadian Bagel and I noticed someone passing a debit card with the chip.
I then went to my financial institutions and asked if they had the chip debit cards, and I was pleased to tell me they did! So I've switched over to the new chips.
Tagged as: | business | magentic | chip | interac | POS | ABM | security
Security: Properly Erase Your Physical Media
From the page: "A whopping 40% of the used hard drives on eBay contain easily recoverable personal data. Use the following guide to ensure your personal data never makes it out into the wild. Photo by AMagill.
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Tagged as: | stumbleme | computer-security | security | computers | lifehacker | 5153684 | properly | erase | your
http://homeland.gov.safenow.org - what to do in an emergency
LOL. Need a good laugh for the day, check out these funny signs taken from a real anti-terrosim site and one guys funny take on what they must "really mean"
Warning: You may laugh uncontrollably when you read them, I'm not responsible if you get in trouble reading these at work and the boss wonders why you are laughing so hard at work :-)
Enjoy !
Tagged as: | stumbleme | humor | satire | homeland-security | funny | parody | terrorism | stumbleupon | stumbleupon.com
Network Magic - Set up and Manage Your Home Network with One Easy Application
Network Magic is a free tool from Pure Networks (they also have a paid Pro version for as little as $40)
This software allows you to quickly and easily configure multiple computers on a home or small biz network to share files and printers in minutes.
Network Magic takes most (if not all) of the hassle of setting up your own secure network and even allows you to connect your windows PC to mac machines.
The free version has no limitations, however if you get the Pro version you also get a network monitor, remote access to your files and folders, and 6 months of online backup for up to 8 machines of your choice.
Tagged as: | ittools | computer | tech | privacy | security | networking
Privnote - send notes that will self-destruct after being read
Here is an interesting idea. Every watch Mission Impossible..This note will self destruct in 10 seconds?
Want to send self destructing notes to others over the web. It's a pretty simple concept, go to the site and enter your note, it will give you back a link to send to your friend (one time only). When they view it, it will be destroyed and will be unreadable by anyone else.
Maybe not *perfect* security but I think it's an interesting idea.
