Keeping your online
communications Private
The following suggestions will help keep your medical, legal, banking,
business, and personal activities private and secure.
1. For your Wi-Fi, use WPA-2 encryption, hide your
Wi-Fi broadcast name and reduce the transmission signal strength
2. In public Wi-Fi settings, establish a VPN connection, then browse
3. When you IM, use OTR encryption
(
Pidgin for Windows,
AdiumX for Macintosh )
4. Encrypt your HD
5. Use
Hushmail not Hotmail
6. Use different passwords for different sites:
news-site.com different from bank-site.com
Glossary
Wi-Fi : Wireless-Fidelity
WPA : Wi-Fi Protected Access
VPN : Virtual Private Network
IM OTR : Instant Message Off the Record
This is a good start. For further reading:
https://ssd.eff.org/tech
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Computer on a thumb drive
Download
1.
Ubuntu LINUX 10.10 desktop
2.
Universal USB Installer
RUN
1. connect your USB device
2. run Universal USB Installer
3. Select the Ubuntu 10.10
4. Choose your USB device
5. Set the BIOS to boot to the USB device
6. test by booting to your USB thumb drive
Glossary:
BIOS: sets up the operating parameters of a computer
LINUX: an open source computer operating system
BOOT: the process of starting up a computer