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In case of theft

21 September, 2010 - 244 words
In the last few months, several of my friends have had either their laptops or phones stolen. It’s only after I really thought what that would mean to me that I realised how serious this would be. It used to be that if my phone got stolen then I would lose my address book and my text messages; if it gets stolen now then I lose a device which has full access to my Google account, i...

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Guarding online banking

09 November, 2007 - 145 words
Apparently at the end of this month I’ll be sent a small tool to make my online banking more secure. It’s called PINsentry. As far as I, as a selfish user, can see it’s actually designed to make my online banking experience slower and limi...

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