Archive for November, 2008

Network Security - 8 Tips for Managing Your Internet Privacy

Monday, November 17th, 2008

A few nights ago, too keyed up to sleep after teaching one of my Privacy, Safety, Security, Identity Theft and Asset Protection™ workshops, I lay in my hotel bed fully awake staring at the ceiling. I began to see shadows zip from one side of the room to the other and then disappear …The next morning when I awoke, I thought about the shadows and how they linked to the conversation I had had with a number of the participants in my class the night before as we discussed the internet and how everything ever posted online will always be there.

Do you remember being a kid and discovering your shadow; how it followed you but then disappeared when the sun went down or the lights went out? Remember how your parents comforted you by saying that shadows were not “monsters” waiting to attack once you fell asleep. Well, I hate to break it to you, but your parents didn’t know about digital shadows, the internet and how the text, images, sound clips and virtual material you cast today can disturb your sleep in the future.

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