{"id":1170,"date":"2019-04-12T06:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech2.mountdesales.net\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2019-04-09T11:28:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T16:28:29","slug":"staying-safe-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=1170","title":{"rendered":"Staying Safe online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is an online security researcher named Krebs that published 3 basic rules for online safety. These still make a lot of sense:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. If you didn’t go looking for it, don’t install it!<\/li>
  2. If you installed it, UPDATE it!<\/li>
  3. If you no longer need it, REMOVE it!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    The original article is at https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/05\/krebss-3-basic-rules-for-online-safety\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    There is an online security researcher named Krebs that published 3 basic rules for online safety. These still make a lot of sense: If you didn’t go looking for it, don’t install it! If you installed it, UPDATE it! If you no longer need it, REMOVE it! The original article is at https:\/\/krebsonsecurity.com\/2011\/05\/krebss-3-basic-rules-for-online-safety\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[105,27,111,30,28],"tags":[433,434,429],"class_list":["post-1170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essentials","category-faculty-staff","category-make-tech-easier","category-more","category-student-devices","tag-online","tag-secure","tag-security"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42ogX-iS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1534,"url":"https:\/\/tech.mountdesales.net\/?p=1534","url_meta":{"origin":1170,"position":0},"title":"Parental Controls on your Home Network","author":"Tom Rule","date":"09\/01\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"An article for Parents who are trying to maintain some safety on their home network. 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