Re:FBI director: Cover up your webcam
by stinkytaco on Thursday September 15, 2016 @12:21PM
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In fairness, however, he wasn't "pushing the story". Indeed the irony is pointed out during the story.
I work at a public library and occasionally teach computer classes. In one we cover security, but it's infuriatingly difficult. When you're working with people who have trouble with the mouse, or even with basic literacy (I mean reading literacy, not computer), it's hard to explain "attack surfaces" or "the cloud". It usually comes down to:
1. Understand the difference between identity and security.
2. Update your software regularly.
3. Use different passwords for different services and write them down (the number of people who don't know their password because they have email on their phone is... too high).
4. Be aware of who you are giving information to and why. Do they need that information? Is what they are offering worth providing it.
I work at a public library and occasionally teach computer classes. In one we cover security, but it's infuriatingly difficult. When you're working with people who have trouble with the mouse, or even with basic literacy (I mean reading literacy, not computer), it's hard to explain "attack surfaces" or "the cloud". It usually comes down to:
1. Understand the difference between identity and security. 2. Update your software regularly. 3. Use different passwords for different services and write them down (the number of people who don't know their password because they have email on their phone is... too high). 4. Be aware of who you are giving information to and why. Do they need that information? Is what they are offering worth providing it.
It's hard to cover much more than that.