Cyber Security

[dik]

This just arrived in my 'In Basket'

https://nationalprivacytest.org/reports?utm_source=Campaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NPT_report

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-Dik

 

[JohnRBaker]

My rating was 64.

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[dik]

I guess we both could use some improvement...

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[dik]

Just about finished scanning my main backkup drive...some files going back 30 years...

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik

 

[electricpete]

There was a question about the best way to protect your privacy online. I think the obvious answer was VPN among the choices they offered (the other options listed were not great). A clever marketing tool by Nord Vpn.

I’m not saying cyber security and privacy aren’t huuuge things to concern ourselves with these days, but this questionnaire seems contrived at least in part to drum up business for NordVpn.

VPN is certainly safer if you are practicing unsafe surfing. But if you are interacting in secure fashion with someone you trust (a bank etc), vpn would just be someone in the middle with potential access to the data. That's not a criticism (maybe it's obvious, and I'm not sure how they market their service), just an observation.

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[IRstuff]

VPN only addresses a couple of security issues; it's not going to help you from following a phishing link and entering your personal information into a malicious application or site, or even downloading viruses directly or through email

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[itsmoked]

Nord.. Isn't that a scummy company that recently got caught doing something wrong?

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[dik]

might have been... I've been using them for a few years, and no issues. They are offshore and also out of the reach of 'Five Eyes'. This is the most important feature of a VPN that works...

Rather than think climate change and the corona virus as science, think of it as the wrath of God. Feel any better?

-Dik