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How to mitigate any privacy-related risks associated with taking your laptop for repair? [duplicate]
Either my fan or my battery on my refurbished laptop is malfunctioning and it frequently overheats and shuts itself down. I wasn't able to determine the culprit and thought it best to show my laptop ...
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How can i bypass/protect myself from ransomware like ctb-locker? [duplicate]
Recently while using my system for testing I got my machine infected with a malware,
My system gets displayed with the following screen :
While browsing internet with screenshot i found that its ...
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How are User files in Windows 7 protected?
I noticed that I cannot access user files from one account across another. However, if someone took my HDD, hooked it up to another computer, would they be able to see the files? Is there a way to ...
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How to encrypt a POP/SMTP connection?
I'm getting my email by SMTP/POP3 to my local ISP provider like that :
email client <--- unencrypted cx ---> POP/SMTP server
"cx" stands for connection.
That provider doesn't support TLS/SSL ...
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How to protect private files from others to view/copy on a LAN
I'm on a company network and I want to protect my private files (or folders) from others (i.e. those who can access my computer) to view and copy. Those files are mostly MS Office and PDF files. What ...
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How good is Word's password protection? [closed]
I have a password protected MS-Word 2007 file that needs to stay private. How good is Word's protection? If it's not very good, can you suggest a better method for keeping the file protected?
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