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Hi fellow Mac Users; and Silver Surfers (of which I'm proud to be one).
"Is It Safe". Chilling words uttered by an onscreen dentist to a confused Dustin Hoffman before some excruciating dentistry.
In a world where the carrying of cash is not advised, and retailers inform us that they will no longer accept cheques as a form of payment, bank clerks get slower and slower, (or is that a fact of life for us silver surfers); and the plastic card is at the forefront; but ultimately no safer than cash. I have ventured into the world of online banking and online buying. But my spam folder fills with alarming regularity, and I read that hackers can sit outside of my house and record my keypad activity with no effort. (Excuse me while I close the blinds!). Passwords provide little assurance., no matter how complicated I make them, and then find I have to write them down to remember them! So I've been reading about IP addresses, and how they can be changed or hidden; Brilliant! surely this means no one can hack into my computer. Because I won't be the same computer, or in the same place, twice.
Windows users can accomplish this, but not so, Mac users, alas. There seems to be no software. Or am I wrong. Is my paranoia getting the better of me.
Any thoughts?
Is It Safe?
From Jordache, (from under a blanket, under the bed)
"Is It Safe". Chilling words uttered by an onscreen dentist to a confused Dustin Hoffman before some excruciating dentistry.
In a world where the carrying of cash is not advised, and retailers inform us that they will no longer accept cheques as a form of payment, bank clerks get slower and slower, (or is that a fact of life for us silver surfers); and the plastic card is at the forefront; but ultimately no safer than cash. I have ventured into the world of online banking and online buying. But my spam folder fills with alarming regularity, and I read that hackers can sit outside of my house and record my keypad activity with no effort. (Excuse me while I close the blinds!). Passwords provide little assurance., no matter how complicated I make them, and then find I have to write them down to remember them! So I've been reading about IP addresses, and how they can be changed or hidden; Brilliant! surely this means no one can hack into my computer. Because I won't be the same computer, or in the same place, twice.
Windows users can accomplish this, but not so, Mac users, alas. There seems to be no software. Or am I wrong. Is my paranoia getting the better of me.
Any thoughts?
Is It Safe?
From Jordache, (from under a blanket, under the bed)
