6 Free Ways to Stay Secure in the New Year

“Encrypt Your Data

“If you have sensitive data on a system—particularly one
easily lost or stolen like a laptop—don’t count on something
like an operating system password to keep it from prying eyes. To
really protect your data, you need to encrypt it.

“TrueCrypt, available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, can create an
encrypted storage container disguised as an ordinary file and can
encrypt whole entire disk partitions or drives, including USB
drives and those that have an operating system installed. And on a
modern PC, there’s no perceptible performance penalty. Start Using
Real Passwords

“Far too often people use the same easy-to-guess password for
countless sites around the Internet because the secure
approach–coming up with strong and unique passwords for each site
you frequent– requires considerable effort”

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