Are Your CyberPockets Pickable ?

Iago:
Good name in man and woman, dear my lord,
Is the immediate jewel of their souls.
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing;
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed. 
-- William Shakespeare, "Othello" 

This was written in 1603, and even then it was difficult to argue with. The very same principle holds today, even if you don't consider the special case of someone infortunate enough to steal my purse - not that it contains actual trash, but the contents would hardly allow him to spend his life in fashionable resorts.

However computers, networks and even clouds had given a whole new ominous meaning at Iago's statement.Nowadays someone who filches the contents of your computer has the potential for both spoiling your good name and relieving you of some of that sort of  "trash" that you'd rather keep in your bank account.

This blog will run a series of articles about how to make life difficult for people to mess with your computer(s). I don't have a precise plan yet (suggestions are welcome!), but I think I'll start dispelling some common myths and go on from there. Stay tuned ;) 

Hello World !

Ok, this is the very first post, and it is going to stay here for a while while I figure out how Blogger works. (my first impression is "nicely indeed", but let's give a chance to the webapp gremlins),

The next post will be about how to keep your data safe in a number of circumstances, and it will probably be a series.

Have fun!