5 safety tips for vacation with a notebook, or Tablet PC iPad
On vacation most people do not want to completely give up the Internet. Notebooks and netbooks go, in most cases for the holidays. This hardware and sensitive data are well protected, you should prepare at home on the trip. The computer itself to protect against theft, is the first step. We give 5 safety tips for traveling with the computer.
Who takes notebook or netbook for the holidays should take precautions. The loss of the computer is not just a financial loss. The thieves also go to the data stored on the computer, which can bring very large problems. It may have even criminals aside solely on the data, such as when using an unsecured Wi-Fi at the resort. We give five tips on how to protect laptop, Netbook, and data on holiday.
1st Backing
Not only before a holiday, but most regularly, all important data is backed up externally. It is possible to use optical media such as CDs or DVDs, external hard drives or online storage on the Internet. The most important data to back the best on all three routes. FREE burning tools like CDBrunerXP make it easy to back up data. Probably is even since the purchase of the notebook put a burning program on the computer, the manufacturer of CD and DVD burners usually with a burning program.
Netbooks, which typically have no built in optical drives can be connected to an external burner. The output for an external burner you can save, however, by the data copied from the netbook to a second computer with built-in drive and from there, burning to CD or DVD.
An external hard drive via USB cable to a notebook or netbook to connect and copy the My Documents folder, at least, is indeed connected with minimal effort. It is better to use back-up tools for regular data backup or synchronization software. A free tool that you should look at is Toucan. By the way: When you buy external hard drives is often back-up software with it.
to store data on the Internet is especially recommended if these may be lost in any case, not even in flood or house fire. The transfer of data to the online drive is encrypted, although usually, but on the servers of the provider, the data are almost always stored unencrypted. So you should encrypt its data before the back-up itself.
2nd Data encrypt
Some versions of Windows provide a way to encrypt data but without the installation of additional programs. The use of a tool such as TrueCrypt (open source), however, usually the better choice. Simple, fast and secure encrypted TrueCrypt all the data that no one other than you should see for yourself. Whether for local storage or in preparation for the back-up on the online disk, the free tool TrueCrypt is a good choice.
3rd Disk encryption
Is it about the safe storage of data on external media such as hard drives and USB sticks, you can speak the same mitkaufen encryption. Special external hard drives like the Maxtor Black Armor and USB memory sticks as in the Transcend JetFlash 220 Series offer its own encryption.
4th Secure locks and pockets
Many laptops have a so-called Kensington Lock. This refers to one possibility is to connect, much more than chains, or thin steel cables to the computer as a bicycle can, for example on a table. Special Notebook Cases offer protection criminals who have no hesitation even before a slicing pockets. According reinforced pockets (as you know they might already have for the photo equipment) make it difficult for criminals.
5th Caution in public WLANs
Latest security software like an antivirus program, firewall and anti-spyware programs are anyway on any PC. Those who access the Internet via public hot spots (such as in cafes) uses, but also to be careful. Do not be overheard only bring in the holiday public wireless hot spots with it the danger, too. Confidential e-mails, passwords and other sensitive data quickly into the wrong hands.
The tools and Cyber Ghost VPN Hotspot Shield offer the free version in a somewhat slow, but secure access to the Internet. The traffic is all encrypted via a Virtual Private Network (VPN), so no other guests in a restaurant can still spy the operator of the wireless network. Using an UMTS Stick to surfing is safer. If a foreign holiday concerned, the best choice at a local mobile provider has a SIM card for a prepaid data plan that can be used by the hour or day flat rates. This is much cheaper than the SIM card from use at home.
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