7 safety tips from hackers

[Lewis]

7 safety tips from hackers

http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/22/technology/security/hacker-safety-tips/index.html
It's easy to get hacked. And yes, it can happen to you.
Follow this advice from actual hackers, and you'll be a lot safer online.

 

[Lewis]

You better take heed

 

[tim-from-pa]

I think the key to preventing hacking is strong passwords, period. Secondly, just know who you are connected to. But the idea that they can connect your smartphone to a phony wifi network of theirs so that they can download malware is ludicrous. Smartphones as a rule do not get "malware" unless you are socially engineered to download a trojan, which is a special kind of malware.

Smartphones today are based on a Linux or Unix kernal, and for the 1000th time, do not get the drive-by malware that a certain operating system I know gets at the drop of a hat. You have to deliberately and painstakingly work at it.

But the mainline media, in which the article is part of, doesn't know the difference between operating systems and think that one sloppy operating system's foibles are the way the others work as if there's no difference. They are the same type that take a medical statement like "dark chocolate is good for you" and then turn around and convolute that into persuading people to buy dark-chocolate candy bar crapola.

 

[WIP]

But I like dark chocolate!!!! 2

 

[follower]

the mac(2007 with Tiger OS and NO antivirus stuff on it) i have hasn't suffered from a virus in , well, ever, in all the years i've used it daily on the internet, craigslist, and several email addresses, frequent searches of anti-world-government pro-YHVH links, pages and websites.

the windows computer i use has to do anti-viral updates six times a day it seems, automatic, but still.....

the windows computer i used before the mac had to be rebooted , restored, or 'cleaned' every week usually several times.

GO MAC ! (macs have been able to run everything windows native(native=just as if on windows) (but safer) for 20 years or so (even though various groups mistakenly tell buyers that they can't run some of microsoft (evil) software so they need windows.

 

[tim-from-pa]

the mac(2007 with Tiger OS and NO antivirus stuff on it) i have hasn't suffered from a virus in , well, ever, in all the years i've used it daily on the internet, craigslist, and several email addresses, frequent searches of anti-world-government pro-YHVH links, pages and websites.

the windows computer i use has to do anti-viral updates six times a day it seems, automatic, but still.....

the windows computer i used before the mac had to be rebooted , restored, or 'cleaned' every week usually several times.

GO MAC ! (macs have been able to run everything windows native(native=just as if on windows) (but safer) for 20 years or so (even though various groups mistakenly tell buyers that they can't run some of microsoft (evil) software so they need windows.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Macs, although expensive are great OS's. Mr. Jobs ran a tight ship and I hope it stays that way. Based on Unix. Linux is also based on that and runs Android, Google Chrome, and of course you can get hundreds of free distros for your laptop or tower computer. I run Ubuntu here, but I want to try Mint on my next computer. Never on any of my towers, laptops, personal devices or smart phones were there any viruses or major problems. Only the MS computers, usually broke within the first week.

 

[follower]

expensive ? ? ? I only paid $100, or maybe $50, for the mac i still use now 5 years(or 3?) (lack of memory! ) , AND haven't even filled up the hard drive yet.

(and, btw, note "... i still use..." (not own) )
and
the money for it was provided by Yhvh. it is His.

 

[tim-from-pa]

expensive ? ? ? I only paid $100, or maybe $50, for the mac i still use now 5 years(or 3?) (lack of memory! ) , AND haven't even filled up the hard drive yet.

(and, btw, note "... i still use..." (not own) )
and
the money for it was provided by Yhvh. it is His.

You were indeed fortunate and יהוה did indeed supply for you, as he would not supply something that's an abomination like Microsoft, so that's how I know He supplied for you. My wife inherited her Mac laptop from my younger son and she's been using it relatively problem free for years. I say relative because sometimes it slows a tad, but then we find there's an app going we were unaware of (she has a bad habit of not closing things), or occasionally, it loses the WIFI connection for a bit, but then we get it going again. But none of this other nonsense that "other" operating system plagues people with every hour of every minute of every second each and every day.

I had in mind a brand new Mac costing more, but even then, they are coming down these days. Ipads, although not a full laptop, are indeed very reasonable and can do anything the laptop can without the keyboard, although for extra I suppose you can attach one for easier typing.

 

[follower]

yes, one of my first macs also provided by Yhvh graciously i didn't know better and added and added and added applications that didn't all exactly work nicely together and in 'tight space' (oh, the mac had lots more space and ram than i needed or used, but i put in apps that all competed for the same resources at the same time...... .... ) the mac stumbled a little bit, slowed down, ... i forget anything else...
so i turned it off.
turned it back on.
and ta da ! it worked fine (without me restarting the consuming/competing apps)

 

[Lewis]

Hey Tim, you called Microsoft a abominationView attachment 4908