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From: marvin hunkin
Date: Wed, Aug 09 2006 9:10PM
Subject: Online Security
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Hi.
need some security tips, tricks, and suggestions, if you can help me out.
Okay at the moment, have my hotmail set to low for my junk filter.
looking to set this to exclusive.
putting all my mailling lists in the mailling list category, and putting all
my contacts in the safe list.
now was wondering, the last time i did this about 18 months ago, lost some
of my mailling lists, like bcab, etc.
now, instead of spending hours and trying to remember all my mailling,
discussion groups, news groups etc.
is there a simple, accessible tool, where it would gather information,
collect all the mailling list, and discussion group addresses, and arrange
them like in a database structure?
any tools like that you came across.
or just do the manual thing, of manually setting it all up.
now, have subscribed with several job online organisations, like my career,
job serve, australian job search, tasmanian jobs online, byron
employment.etc.
now, got my resumae up, and was wondering, do not want my name and address
details showing up on there?
so is it worth closing those accounts down?
now, when sending e-mail, is there any physical way of hiding the name of
the sender.
maybe i am a bit paranoid.
saw a story on today tonight last night about scamming, incuding on the net.
and one person, accidentally worked for one of these scamming companies by
mistake.
another one almost wired money to one of these companies.
and had the help of the afp.
now, got the third degree from my mum, saying not to subscribe or order, any
thing, as do not have a credit card, not to give my name, address, online.
so was wondering, got any tips, for keeping my details, secure, and safe
while on the net.
or would it be safer, when i get my own laptop, hopefully in the next few
months, maybe change my e-mail address from hotmail, to a provider, where i
do not have a lock in contract.
that a whole story all by its self.
so let me know what experiences, you have3 had of this one.
cheers Marvin.
From: Howard, John Gideon
Date: Thu, Aug 10 2006 1:40PM
Subject: Re: Online Security
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Marvin-
One thing you might consider is getting your own domain name and putting
up a simple Web site. For example, MarvinHunkin.com is currently
available.
Godaddy.com would charge you less than ten dollars per year to register
the domain name, and about four dollars per month to host the Web site.
An email account is included with hosting so your address could be
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = .
This is a great idea, because it's a month to month agreement. You can
always change Web hosts and move your entire domain and email address to
a new provider. Your outgoing emails won't include advertisements, and
you will be promoting yourself instead of a big company like Microsoft
or Yahoo.
If you are selective about the purpose of your Web site, such as posting
your resume and only giving your email address to friends, family,
potential employers, and the lists you subscribe to- you can virtually
eliminate spam.
One thing to keep in mind when you are writing your Web pages is to
never include your email address written in the form of
= EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = or make an email link such as <a
href="mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ">; instead spell it out as I did
above: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = .
This is because so called spam-bots crawl the Web looking for obvious
email addresses to "harvest" and sell to the highest bidder, who will
then send you spam. But if only a human can read your email address and
only use it if they are not lazy, you will cut down on spam.
If you use Microsoft Word, you can create a simple, accessible Web site
with the Accessible Web Publishing Wizard available at
http://www.accessiblewizards.uiuc.edu You could easily convert your
Resume from a Microsoft Word Document to an accessible Web page.
Regarding other security concerns:
Maybe it's not the best idea to include your home address online; maybe
a post office box would be worth the investment. Keep this in mind when
you register your domain name, because your information is usually
available to the public.
Don't be too paranoid. It's okay to include your name- how else would
you promote yourself? E-commerce is okay, too- as long as you only do
business with companies and Web sites you trust. Look for secure,
encrypted connections. The URL (or Web address) of secure connections
begins with https:// instead of http://
When you are especially concerned about privacy, use wired Internet
connections rather than wireless connections like those found at "wifi
hotspots" at coffeeshops, hotels, etc. Wireless is notoriously
insecure.
Good luck!
John Howard
Web Accessibility Specialist
IU Adaptive Technology Center
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuadapts