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--- securing_your_computer [2019/08/09 11:47] – neil
+++ securing_your_computer [2019/08/09 12:08] – neil
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 Use a different password to your user account, and make it a [[passwords|strong password]].
+[[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204455|Apple's instructions for macOS]]
 ====Turn on disk encryption====
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 ====Take backups regularly and automatically====
-Ensure that you are in control of where your data are residing. Not backing up to a cloud service without you realising it.
+[[backups|Here]].
 ====Encrypt USB drives before storing data on them ====
-If you are going to store information on a USB stick (perhaps as a backup), encrypt the drive before you store the information on it.
+If you are going to store information on a USB stick (perhaps as a backup), either use a USB stick with hardware encryption, or else encrypt the drive before you store the information on it.
 That way, if you lose the drive, or it is stolen, the finder or thief cannot access the information on it.