Data protection firms are warning consumers to be wary of the increasing security risks involved in using social networks.
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While Simon Cowell has been dipping into his contacts book to organise a one-off single to raise fund for the earthquake-struck Haiti, the rest of the music community has been hard at work raising funds the DIY-way.
The Roving Giraffe says it amazes me when it comes to certain people and fund raising that they are always the ones who have most to give but always have to organise everyone else to be able to say " Look What I Have Done " so great news when it is the people at the sharp-end doing all the work and nobody lording it over them.
Eventually the song is released and what is called ? Everybody hurts - my question is does that include Simon Cowell ?
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According to a new report published by security firm Sophos the US hosts the largest number of malicious websites in the world. New cybercrime trends also point to an increase in phishing and DNS attacks on reputed company's websites.
Here is an example from my reader of the type of attack that is more prevalent today than say 2 years ago and relates to my comments on being safer on-line. Also adding an excellent spy-ware and virus package within your broadband facility will help eliminate a lot of problems, but only if you use it regularly. Always put the settings to scan your files when you are on-line by sweeping at regular times, l find it useful to make a cup of tea when this happens as it slows down your loading of pages. Also add times for full scans and if on-line all day make it at least twice a day this is a good time to get a meal or even do so housework, yes a man doing housework.
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People using the same email address and password on multiple sites have again been cautioned against doing so. Twitter recently discovered phishing attacks on its site have been strongly linked to the use of forums on torrent sites.
The Roving Giraffe says as l have said on numerous occasions to users, clients and followers vary your passwords and change them quite often, using no simple words related to your own profile.
Try to use letters and numbers that are not linked to each other that can cause a security problem, for instance using a1b2c3 will alert anyone trying to get your details as a simple password- you would be better trying a_t345D9_v it makes no sense to you so it is more difficult to break. Just make sure you keep a note somewhere handy so you do not forget and always have an alternative email site other than your main account for the details to be mailed should you ever forget.
Finally use no other persons name like adam written mada as it is easy to break unless you encrypt it with numbers or other symbols - you get my drift and safe searching. G
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The idea of service is taken very seriously in France where any feeling of subservience is strongly resisted, as Emma Jane Kirby discovered.
The Roving Giraffe says that whereas in the United kingdom we have taken it a stage further by not just believing the customer is always right but that we agree with what a customer says, when they complain, As to disagree would lead to us being hauled up before a Government body of some sort be it the OFT or Trading Standards.
As we become more of a state than a country in that we are more American than the average American by the fact that we are able to claim for accidents that happened a long time ago and sue the council, government or other party and of course receive compensation paid by their insurers we have become a fearful nation of people that moan to get their own way. As we have a penchant to blame someone else that invariably is our own fault.
This l believe harkens back to the days of servant and master and leads me to the conclusion that the roles have become reversed and our vision is blurred as to who really is in charge. Should we not forget the class divide and look into giving a service as a a gift of kindness and not expecting to receive other than our just deserts "In that we shall receive our sweat in the salt that returneth to our brow "
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The Internet has made the list of nominees for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, going up against a Chinese dissident and a Russian human rights activist among others.The nomination was made after a petition by the Italian version of Wired Magazine, which cited the Internet’s contributions to “dialogue, debate and consensus through communication”. Signatories include Iranian activist…
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"An interesting selection in that the Internet is plagued by reports of the Chinese invading our web-space with spyware and also the Russians` idea of a human rights is difficult to understand at the best of times, at least it is about " dialogue, debate and consensus through communication". I will be interested to see who wins the coveted title as the past have been people of peace and providers of vaccines, interesting to see if either of the people or the internet win.
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