Lets face it, we look at stuff on the internet, in the privacy of our own homes that we would never look at in public. How often do you walk into your local bookstore and proudly by the latest Penthouse or Juggs? Most of us would even be a bit embarrassed to subscribe to one of these magazines.
But millions of us, along with myself occasionally like to look at adult material. We might even buy a concentrate adult toys or Dvds to spice up our marriage. But my point is, we do on the internet things we would never do in public.
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However, our internet connection is an open door to what goes on in the privacy of our home. All things we do on the internet can be seen and monitored. There are hundreds of habitancy on the internet right now that would like nothing more to expose your web surfing habits, maybe even blackmail you.
It is no ones enterprise what we do on the internet. Some of us wouldn't even want others in our own home to know what we are seeing at on the web. Dream if one of your children ran across that photograph of the hot blonde blond with huge tits that you were seeing at. Or what if your wife found out that your were having cyber-sex with some chick she didn't know about.
Ladies, how would you like it if someone, your husband, mom, or coworkers, found out that you were innocently seeing at vibrators online? Or checking out an all male revue. How embarrassed would you be?
Sure, you could just become an overly paranoid freak that enduringly looks over their shoulder and suspects that everyone is out to get them. But that would probably drive you insane.
-Did you know that records are kept of every website you go to?
-Did you know that files that you "delete" are never actully deleted at all? And it doesn't take very much skill or expertise to "undelete" something that you did not want someone else to see. In fact, using the customary delete button or recyling bid is certainly the worse thing that you can do if you certainly want to get rid of a file.
-Did you know that identity thieves can upload Spyware onto your computer without you ever knowing? They can then see not just All things you do on the internet, but All things you do on your computer. Even if you are not linked to the web.
-Did you know that if your spouse, parents or anyone else wants to monitor what you are doing on a computer that all they have to do is download a "hidden" program that will watch your every move and description every keyboard stroke that you make?
Protecting your privacy is an individual responsibility.
In August of 1998 I had my identity stolen by someone in Nigeria. At the time, I was working and attending college full time and barely production ends meet.
The someone who stole my identity somehow got a hold of a reputation card transaction that I had made and used that reputation card and personal information to get other reputation cards in my name.
I was scheduled to graduate from college in May 1999. I began applying for jobs early in the fall semester when one of my prospective employers called me to enquire about the reputation check they had performed on me. The said that I had over ,000 in unpaid bills.
I was shocked. But after I did a reputation check on myself, sure enough, it showed that I owed 78.22 to a collection agency.
To make a long story short, my identity had been stolen. And, it over three years to clean up the mess. I still get calls from rouge collection agencies attempting to make me pay.
That began my journey to research and find the best in privacy protection. Which led me into other software applications that help me monitor the "health" of my computer and have "situational awareness" of what is going on on my computer.
My biggest shocker after doing some research was that files that I plan were deleted from my harddrive could so certainly be recovered. That led me on a quest to find a true delete program.
There are many good products on the market, any way there is no silver bullet that does it all. And it doesn't seem to an revision in the future. [http://www.delete4good.com]
Internet Privacy a Growing Concern
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