Online security audit

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Some of you may or may not have heard what happened to Wired journalist Mat Honan, but you should. Here is the article:

How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

Scary stuff.

Gizmodo (and no doubt many other tech sites) has done a write up on how to protect your online identity:

9 Things You Absolutely Must Do to Keep Your Online Identity Secure

Most of it is basically a summary of what has been published on the interwebs before, but regardless, its worth a read and a good reminder to look into tightening up your online practices.

No doubt the usual suspects here will pipe in saying Google evil, I never do anything online, I use pen and paper, my memory rocks, etc. Ignoring those guys, I do personally think both articles are worth a read.

[bookblogger]

Google evil, I never do anything online, I use pen and paper, my memory rocks, etc.

[MovingIn07]

Thanks for posting this Pin - a useful reminder. By the way - I couldn't reply to this thread yesterday on mobile, very strange!

[virago]

I backup to a mass storage unit every week or so. Just connect up and it does the rest.