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by HasntBeen on November 2nd, 2009
You could fall. You could eat something fattening. You could trip over somebody's laptop bag and bang your head on a sharpened napkin-holder. You could spill your coffee on your shirt.
Oh yeah... and if you don't keep your machine up-to-date with patches, or send private information over an insecure (http) connection, or if you're extremely unlucky and happen to be on the same wifi node with someone who is being malicious, or some malicious infected machine that is capable of exploiting a hole in your machine, something bad could happen.
I wouldn't worry too much if the patches are up-to-date and you're using common sense regarding what web sites you visit.
how do i know if something is coded inside my ram like a password or document?
by robthatguyx on September 23rd, 2011
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IS IT ILLEGAL TO USE A KEYLOGGER ON YOUR SPOUSE'S COMPUTER?
by john.geninatti on June 29th, 2011
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Who is winning the hacking wars? Mudkip or Blackfin? Have you visited "RankMyHack.com to find out if you're there?
by GibsonGuy on August 23rd, 2011
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All our calls, Email, faxes, are being checked by the UK and Americans, key words will give them closer scutiny, Google Echelon. Crazy?
by formichinoo on August 18th, 2011
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Some Citi bank online accounts were hacked recently. Is there no 100% secure site? Can anything be hacked if you're knowledgeable enough?
by RosieGHM Jetpacker on June 9th, 2011
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Thanks Hasn't Been for a detailed answer.
by keithold is a prodigal bagger on November 2nd, 2009