ZoneAlarm News
30, April 2008
What's to say you can trust the people, companies and organizations you give your personal data to? The following is all hypothetical, but there's no reason it couldn't happen. Five years ago it was very unusual for a desktop computer to have anti-virus software installed. These days AV has grown into internet security and the majority of computer users have some form of security to stop hackers and viruses. But what about data leaks through methods as innocuous as signing up for weather updates, or news bulletins. Often these sites require passwords to activate the account. More than likely the person signing-up will use the same password on all of their different accounts. But the problem is, the website managers can see the passwords in a list, even though it might be #### at the viewing end. A less than ethical website manager might then do some research through a survey to find out where else you visit online, where you bank, shop, etc. Pretty soon they will have enough data to access your online banking (or whatever). So exactly who are these websites accountable to? In the meantime go ahead and use a different password for every account you have!
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