How many people have used public wifi? How many people answer the phone because they see Spam Likely, unknown call, or something else like your own phone number calling?
I get it, some people like to mess with these people so they don’t mess with others, but Komando’s staff says no. I’m sure I’m missing some, but 5 dangerous cybersecurity mistakes you’re probably making is today’s article coming from the newsletter.
Here are the 5 things.
- You think free means safe
- You skip updates
- You pick up when a scammer calls
- You have a bunch of old unused accounts
- You click agree
Item 4 is quite interesting because I do have accounts I don’t use, I’m mnot ashamed to say it. But I guess I never tried to delete it, and frankly, its to a file sharing network and i’m not paying for it, so I’m not concerned if a hacker got it.
Some of the services don’t exist like one I really liked for reminders, but I believe I still have it.
I logged in to another one, but its changed, and I forgot all about it.
Its something we need to be concerned about, especially with all the breaches we have out there. Kim links to a tool that will show us how to remove some of these accounts.
Thought of anything else? Let’s discuss.
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Hi Shaun,
I agree with what you say and that was what I was trying to highlight on the article. Some of this makes sense, but we have to be realistic. On the JRN’s main page under privacy policy, I tell you what I’m doing with what information and what page and all in plain English. MENVI’s written that way too. To be honest, I never read the terms of service on most pages because its all in legaleese, and while I understand a lot of it, its pages and pages and pages worth reading and no time.
Those who aren’t familiar with access tech will say its not safe, but they need to learn how it works.
I think we need to make our own decisions on some of these, but take these 5 things to heart, not just use it as a guide.
Hi.
Well here are my comments on this.
You think free means safe
Free shouldn’t mean safe, payed is not always safe neither is add supported stuff.
Opensource aint safe either.
Nothing is safe!
Never was, never will.
Just remember that the next time your employer says nvda is not safe, and you need to use jaws.
Remember that you can’t use your speech or brouser because of security concerns.
Remember that when you can’t be accessible because accessibility is in itself according to mozilla that its not safe.
Remember that if you the disabled or anyone has rights its unsafe.
Now I know nothing is safe and free shouldn’t mean safe.
But if we run with just words we are going to have an infinite line of unsafe that we will never cross.
In the end we will have to decide how muchh risk we take.
Look at covid19.
We can’t exist for ever in a lockdown state else we lose it all.
A thing our government doesn’t seem to understand but thats another blog.
You skip updates
There shouldn’t be any standard reason to skip any updates but what if they don’t work.
What if they screw up things.
Updates can screw up computers have screwed up computers.
Talk to support and they say reinstall.
Companies and others have hhave been taken down due to malformed updates even if they were to fix issues.
You pick up when a scammer calls
If you are not smart about it then you have an issue.
I am not a seasoned scambater and not all scams happen when I want them.
Only do what you think you can do and even the best get caught.
You have a bunch of old unused accounts
Depends what they are.
I have a bunch of unused subscriptions.
Its really not a big issue.
I have pulled out of some of these but really what information is on my stuff.
My email?
Don’t care everyone knows it.
I have few accounts which have direct bank links to me but even your bank account number is public.
I have little accounts linked with a debit card and vary few with my voip/ old landline number and cell number.
Yeah I’d be a little concerned if that went to far but still.
You click agree
On what?
everything you install?
Thats an ambiguous statement.
Clicking before you leap yeah its a problem.
Assuming you download whatever it is and you know it then click it.
If you mean read licences yeah you should but whho the fuck understands your standard legal licence unless its creative commens, or one of those gpl or mit licences.
If you want it you will click it.
I do administration, I can’t read every fucking licence I come accross.
In a maintenence session I may come accross 5 or 6 licences to agree.
In an installation I have more like 30.
So no that doesn’t work.
If you click without looking well your own fault but if you expected to read everything wasting time maybe not so much.
There are to many licences and the like to be bothered to read anyway in our daily lives.
It may be utterly dangerous but no one has time to understand unless the licence is in actual non legal english.
Now with some of the laws in europe some of that needs to be but there is a load that are not and we have got used to just clicking.
If it relates to new products sure.