securing_your_computer
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- | *[[#Do not take free USB sticks from conferences|Do not take free USB sticks from conferences]] | ||
- | *[[#Do not use USB sticks as give-aways at conferences|Do not use USB sticks as give-aways at conferences]] | ||
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- | ====Encrypt USB drives before storing data on them ==== | ||
- | 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. | ||
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- | That way, if you lose the drive, or it is stolen, the finder or thief cannot access the information on it. | ||
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- | ====Don’t put your USB stick in someone else’s computer==== | ||
- | No, this is not a euphemism. | ||
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- | You have no idea what security might (or might not) be in place on the other computer, whether it is infected by a virus or dormant ransomware, and so on. | ||
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- | Use an alternative whenever you can, such as a file transfer platform. | ||
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- | If you absolutely have to transfer something to someone else’s computer via USB: | ||
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- | * wipe your memory stick first, using your computer’s disk formatting tools | ||
- | * put on it only the file you need to transfer | ||
- | * transfer it to the other computer | ||
- | * use the other computer’s disk formatting utility to wipe the USB stick | ||
- | * take the stick back and destroy it | ||
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- | It’s not kind to the environment, | ||
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- | ====Don' | ||
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- | Even if it is coming from your friend, or a trusted colleague, do you know what security they have on their computer? Do you know what state their anti-virus protection is in? | ||
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- | Get them to transfer you the file some other way, and take precautions when opening it. | ||
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- | ===Do not take free USB sticks from conferences=== | ||
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- | Don't use USB sticks given away at events. If you need a USB stick for something, buy one from a vendor you trust. | ||
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- | ===Do not use USB sticks as give-aways at conferences === | ||
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- | USB sticks might seem like good giveaway items at conferences, | ||
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- | === Do not pick up " | ||
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- | Nothing found on the ground or in the carpark or “left over” in a meeting room. | ||
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- | Yes, it might suck to feel that you could be a good Samaritan and return someone’s vital information or backup of family photographs, | ||
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