3 Easy Steps To Remove Metadata

The power to share your personal information is in your hands. Metadata has advantages but as the previous blog post pointed out it can be dangerous. Every time you post a picture hidden personal information is posted too. What can you do to prevent this? Thankfully, by following a few quick steps Metadata can be easily removed!

The Dangers of Metadata

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. These days a picture is worth quite a bit more than that. Everyday millions of people are sharing personal information when they capture, share, download and upload digital photos. Most people are unaware of the metadata feature. Metadata is data that describes data. This means adding text information to a document, image, or other files. Metadata can be highly powerful and tremendously flexible. The vital information leaked can leave behind pieces of your identity.

How Fast Can You Get Hacked?

Any website, whether it’s Facebook, Twitter, online shopping or banking requires us to choose a secret password. It can be hard to memorize different passwords for multiple accounts. So what’s the harm in using the same password again? Take this scenario into consideration. If I found out the password to your twitter account I could use it on all the other accounts.

In order to fight against hackers it’s important know how to improve the security of your passwords. If a hacker gains access to one account a domino effect can happen.

What Phishing Looks Like

Do you remember a time when checking your emails wasn’t filled with that sense of dread? Checking emails has become a modern version of MineSweeper, every click we make could have a disastrous outcome. This is because of phishing, a common type of “spam” email that’s goal is to get you to click on a link. Once you click on the link you could download a virus, spread malware, or a host of other problems. Your identity and private information are at risk. So how can you identify phishing? Learning how to recognize common tricks spammers use is the first step to protecting yourself.

New Report: Use Caution Opening PDFs

Have you ever gotten an email with a PDF attached? Let’s say it wasn’t from someone in your company or someone you knew? Did you think twice about opening the PDF?

2011: IT Plans and Budgeting

2011 is almost upon is. If you’re a business owner, executive, or department head, you likely are working on your 2011 plans and budgets.

What’s Missing from Your IT?

A lot of our blogs are about “IT things.” Antivirus, spam, backups, servers…and other of things most of us don’t care about. All of those things are very important for your business.