Protect Yourself Online
We all “go online” - most of us on a daily basis. Often for work and even more often for fun - from social media to games to shopping. Just like we tell our kids, it’s all fun and games till someone gets hurt.Todd and I have been mentioned in a few articles recently. The articles are from the perspective of the employer - what risks are associated with employees going online from the office - yet the advice is appropriate regardless of where you’re accessing the Internet.
Social Media Hold Promise, Peril for Companies
“Loss of bandwidth: Bandwidth is the network’s capacity to get to the Internet. It’s like the pipe connecting your network to the outside world. The larger the bandwidth, the faster the connection. The big eaters of bandwidth: photos and videos.
‘They are really hogging that pipeline,’ said Jennifer Whitlock, co-owner of The Help Desk Co. in Richmond. ‘They’re slowing it down.’ “
ALEXA WELCH EDLUND / TIMES-DISPATCH
Protect Yourself While Shopping on Cyber Monday
“Don’t save login or password information on your browser or use programs that automatically fill in information, such as name, address and credit card info, said Todd Whitlock, co-owner of The Help Desk Co. in Richmond.
‘Sometimes malicious code can get on someone’s computer and look for these nuggets of info and transfer that info out of their computer,’ he said.”
HATLEY MASON/TIMES-DISPATCH