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The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

To put it plain and simple, if you connect to the internet or anything that is connected to the internet, you ARE at risk of being hacked or getting viruses and mal-ware… You must also realize that NOTHING you do can ever make you 100% safe. The object is to slow the attacks down and make it more difficult to get your data or infect your computer. Remember the easiest prey of the herd always get taken first.

Lets start where most people don’t even think, your operating system.. Just because you paid a boatload does not make it safer or the the best thing to use… When choosing an OS you have to take all aspects into consideration… Function, power of your hardware, specific software requirements, etc…

As for ease of use the three most popular OS’s are 1)Windows 2)Apple and 3) linux. Most people tend to stick with windows simply because it’s what you get when you buy your store bought PC. Windows however because it is so readily available is also probably the most targeted software. Second would be apple as it is the second most popular software and because of this it is the second most attacked…

As far as design of the Software itself for security, Linux would be the most secure of the 3 followed by apple and windows would be last. That being said choose your software carefully and don’t cringe at the idea of having to learn a new OS to better protect yourself.

First thing you should do when you get a computer is INSTALL YOUR FIREWALL and I can not stress this enough… connecting to the internet with out a firewall and/or proxy (for more on proxy click this) is about as good as well, leaving your house to go to work with EVERY window and door open… And in all honesty windows stock firewall is a waste of time upgrade it to something better ASAP. Please remember just because you’ve installed the firewall does not mean your safe TEST YOUR FIREWALL. There a a multitude of port, UDP and TCP testing tools you can install and if thats to much work for you at least go to a site that can test some of your ports(click here for port test) Once you’ve run the test if you have ANY holes in your firewall like unnecessary open ports which there should not be any then you must manually close them. Then install your anti-virus and anti-mal-ware software. Again just because it is the most expensive does not make it the best, research before you buy or download the software.

Now let’s touch on home wireless internet. Most people these days change little more of the settings on the router than the broadcast name and a password for WEP, WPA/WPA2. To put it bluntly if this is all you do any halfwit can get software and crack your password simply by attempting to log on multiple times until he has the complete code. Once they’re in it’s all over. Just like everything else connecting to the internet no matter how much you change you’re never 100% safe. The object is still to slow down the attacks, the longer it takes to hack the less likely you are to be hacked.

In addition to doing the above you should change other settings. Lets start with something simple like MAC address filtering. Your MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces. Every interface has its own unique address and your router can be set to block any device that does not have its MAC address listed. Secondly change your subnet (info on subnet) do not leave the stock 192.168.X.X this is standard for all routers to make initial setup easy making your router easy prey. Third set your router to block pings (info on what a ping is) Once your done with this your in much better shape but I would highly recommend you turn off the broadcast feature on the router. What this does is your wireless router will not show up when you or anyone else search for connections although it is most certainly there you just have to connect manually.

Honestly there is just so much more you can do to protect your computer and data, don’t be afraid of learning how to protect yourself!

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Can someone please tell me why this jack-ass that introduced SOPA is now trying to screw us by adding a ISP required tracking of all personal information for a period of no less than 1 year to all ISP users into a bill that is supposed to be helping protect children from child pornography? this needs to be amended protecting children is paramount but tracking all internet usage is bullshit!

In my humble opinion there is nothing lower for than using the safety of children to advance your own power seeking agenda!

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While I sit here having my morning cup of coffee I see how ignorant and out of touch society as a whole has become. Everyday you hear more and more about Steve Jobs and his passing, while a great man in his own right he was not the man he was made to out to be. While his marketing and repackaging of technology made it more popular he was by no means an innovator of technology, he was a marketing genius. In a week of Steve Jobs passing a true innovator and world changer by the name of Dennis Ritchie passed and he has gone widely unnoticed by the media and the public and its more than disheartening to see we reward wealth and marketing over innovation and progression. Without Dennis Ritchie we would not be able to use nearly all of the current technology we do now, including apple products,PC’s, games, phones etc… I truly wish the media and public would give him the credit and acknowledgement of what a loss his passing was…

The sad part is that we do this daily and most people won’t look beyond their own nose to see how duped by these companies they actually have become. It’s sickening to see people and corporations spending hundreds of thousands or even millions on operating systems and office suites and art programs, etc. If people took the time to look they could see the they get less by buying and supporting these companies, but they never do they just buy whats advertised even if its horribly inferior, less stable and costs tons of money. We allow the marketing to direct our lives and empty our pockets for nothing. Think how much money a large company could save simply by switching from Microsoft office alone. Society as a whole needs to support our open source developers and products otherwise technology will continue to trickle out in stead of being pushed and driven. We need to push the technologies not the marketers and take control of the direction and availability of the technologies we want and deserve. Below I’ve listed examples of things that most of America is being duped on daily. Research things for yourself, don’t just buy it because that’s what everyone one else has. If we do not learn from our mistakes we will continue our cycles of ignorance. All I have to say is give the free open source products a try, you’ll be surprised how good they are and how much your pockets still have in them. Compare them for yourself and help break the cycle of ignorance and help direct the evolution of technology by your own choice not some marketing specialist.

examples:

Microsoft office costs $119 – $499 per user where as Libre Office or Open Office or dozens of others that are equally as powerful if not more powerful and free so why would one would pay $499 for the same abilities?

Then there are things like Adobe Photoshop That cost from $99 – $1900 when you could use Gimp that does the same thing. Again why pay hundreds and thousands of dollars for nothing more than the sake of throwing money away.

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