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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1912752" data-attributes="member: 76746">Thanks for your thoughts &amp; ideas Rod.I never have been able to figure out if FileVault protects against someone who breaks through the router firewall when the computer is in use. It seems they could still get to documents.Your suggestion of a strong log in password, plus password after sleep, sounds simplest. DMG for permanent, non-changing things of which you gave examples sounds simple &amp; peaceful.I'll still want some files, such as the medical, income tax &amp; social security stuff, in sparsebundles. They change size, so a DMG probably isn't the best for those.A VPN is an appreciated suggestion that I'll follow through on. One email service I use, sbcglobal, has disposable addresses that I use when shopping &amp; stuff. It sure cuts down on junk. Hide My Email, from iCloud, sounds interesting, too.From what I can find out, iCloud is a very secure place to store documents. I sure don't know why iCloud does not have an option for files and folders on my computer &amp; won't let me drag them in. Oddly, there are documents there. How I did that remains a mystery.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1912752, member: 76746"] Thanks for your thoughts & ideas Rod. I never have been able to figure out if FileVault protects against someone who breaks through the router firewall when the computer is in use. It seems they could still get to documents. Your suggestion of a strong log in password, plus password after sleep, sounds simplest. DMG for permanent, non-changing things of which you gave examples sounds simple & peaceful. I'll still want some files, such as the medical, income tax & social security stuff, in sparsebundles. They change size, so a DMG probably isn't the best for those. A VPN is an appreciated suggestion that I'll follow through on. One email service I use, sbcglobal, has disposable addresses that I use when shopping & stuff. It sure cuts down on junk. Hide My Email, from iCloud, sounds interesting, too. From what I can find out, iCloud is a very secure place to store documents. I sure don't know why iCloud does not have an option for files and folders on my computer & won't let me drag them in. Oddly, there are documents there. How I did that remains a mystery. [/QUOTE]

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