Christopher Null discusses several software programs, including Simple File Shredder (a free download) which will ensure that your deleted computer files are really deleted. This is an old story but it’s worth telling again for those who don’t know it. Put simply: When you delete a file from your computer (and it needn’t be Windows, [...]
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Simple File Shredder and Other Tools to Ensure Computer Privacy
October 13th, 2007 · No Comments · Computer Privacy and Security
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A Little Reminder That Google Reads Your Email, from Microsoft CEO
October 8th, 2007 · No Comments · Computer Privacy and Security, Google and Privacy
None other than Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made mention of how Google’s privacy policy differs from Microsoft’s, when he delivered a speech in the U.K. during the weekend, as Ed Moltzen reports: The software giant’s chief made the remarks during a discussion about consumer software revenue models, and Ballmer used the dialogue as an entry [...]
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The Storm Worm Botnet Is Still a Threat
October 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Computer Privacy and Security
Have you been receiving more spam email than usual lately? Spam emails with attachments? There’s a reason. As Wired.com notes: The Storm worm first appeared at the beginning of the year, hiding in e-mail attachments with the subject line: “230 dead as storm batters Europe.” Those who opened the attachment became infected, their computers joining [...]
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