Mat,
Scruffy's point is, I think, the most important here. Most fraud related to internet banking at the moment is in the form of misleading emails which aim to get the client to disclose account and password details. Such phishing attacks rely on people being naive or stupid.
Remember that...
Your computer will be full of personally identifying information within days of being new, especially in your email, so typing your name during registration will not add to your insecurity.
It's really online where you need to be guarded. I have several email addreses and login names that are...
Thanks for all your advice.
Bill's
was just about right.
I ended up buying a Maxtor firewire drive for simple backups. The included software is Retrospect express and it is soing what I need. I know that solution is essentially cloning and that there are potential problems with that...
As an aussie it's quite revealing how much of the continent I live on is available only in relatively low res while I can see my brother's college pals playing basketball in Boston.
Still, it doesn't take away - much - from a fantastic tool.
Is it really true that this doesn't leave various files behind...As an ex-windows user you've got to realise that a clean drag and drop uninstall is hard to believe,
Will.
I have realised that the 2500 files I rely on for my study that sit on my PowerBook hard drive are particularly vulnerable to varios disasters especially the computer being stolen. I need a sensible, reliable backup plan.
I have a Linux box at home that runs my IMAP mail server and can store...