We all send personal information over the Internet, credit cards, social security, birth date, account details and a lot more. Most do that not knowing it’s visible to criminals, spies or just accidental viewing.
Office 365, Office 2019, Office 2016 for Window and Mac.
Windows 10, 8.1, 8 and 7.
MacOS, iPad, iPhone.
OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive
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over 145 pages
Fast find, table of contents with links
PDF format compatible with Windows, Mac, Apple and Android tablets and pretty much anything else including, of course, iPads!
Even the tiniest one-person business shares private information over the Internet. That can be customer details or business information that would be useful to criminals, business rivals and more.
The Internet wasn’t designed for security and privacy. Even today most programs focus on ease-of-use with customer privacy added on later. It’s up to us to make sure our information is kept private. No-one will do it for us.
Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups shows how keep your personal and business details private. Mostly using tools you already have or are freely available.
Anyone’s information can be copied and misused. Don’t think you’re too small, insignificant or innocent to matter.
for Windows and Mac, Office 365, Office 2019, Office 2016 and earlier
Bots
Hackers and criminals (“Bots”) take personal information, combine those details with other information and sell it. Identify theft is huge business. A single stolen credit card number (with expiry and CVV) can sell for $5,000 on the black market.
Spies
Government agencies (“Spies”) around the world harvest information from the Internet. Emails, web traffic, files on cloud storage and more is monitored. The sad truth is that powers to spy on the Internet are not limited to terrorism. They can and do spy for any reason, often without a warrant or notice to you.
Cock-ups
Accidental intrusion is also possible (“Cock-ups”). Someone might not be trying to snoop on you but might come across information they aren’t mean to see.
Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups has step-by-step advice for
Securely sending information, files and documents
Protecting files that you have to send by unsafe ways.
Keeping your files and documents under size limits.
Splitting large files so they can be sent.
Securing files shared over cloud services like OneDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive.
Recipients
Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups considers the people who get your secure files. It’s no good sending an encrypted file if the receiver doesn’t know how to open it!
Windows and Mac
Window and Mac users get a lot from Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups.
Most secure sending methods work for either Mac or Windows.
We note the options that are limited to either Windows or Mac completely or need extra tools to bridge the Microsoft/Apple divide.
Quick Start
Table of Contents
The first chapter of Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups gets you secure sending quickly. How to safely send file and documents by various means.
Then there’s detailed chapters on each type file exchange method, how to secure it and how the receiver can open and use the files you send.
Direct Messaging
WhatsApp, Signal, Skype and Facebook Messenger
Which messenger is the most private?
Send any file, not just pictures, music or documents.
Some aren’t secure unless you know the right options.
Microsoft Office documents
Document password encryption in Windows and Mac
Unlocking a document
Beware the Office sharing options.
PDF’s with password lock
Making a PDF with a password lock
Easy on a Mac, not so easy with Windows.
Email
The least secure sending option!
How to secure email.
Drives and USB memory sticks
Protecting files saved on portable storage
Encrypting the entire drive with Windows or Mac.
Wiping drives and erasing files
Wiping, erasing or shredding
Erasing individual files or folders
Wiping entire drive
Wiping free disk space
Check that drive is wiped.
Cloud Storage
OneDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive.
Securing online files
Sharing options
Secure Containers
Bundle many files into a single encrypted file for transport.
Splitting a large file into smaller pieces that fit under a sending limit.
RAR, ZIP and Virtual Drives.
Using Office documents as a secure container for other files.
Nerd Tricks
Extra tricks that us nerds use to secure information
Renaming files, splitting into smaller parts and self-extracting archives.
Password tips
Simple ideas to making up your passwords
Really sneaky tricks for super-secret passwords.
Finally, there’s some Geeky Tech Talk more info on encryption standards and security technologies.
Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups – Safely & securely send files and documents
$6.95 – $11.95
Keep your personal and business details private.
Credit card details, address, phone, confidential business information, Word documents, Excel worksheets, PowerPoint slides or any other files.
Mostly using tools you already have or are freely available.
suits Windows and Mac, Office 365, Office 2019, Office 2016 and earlier
Description
We all send personal information over the Internet, credit cards, social security, birth date, account details and a lot more. Most do that not knowing it’s visible to criminals, spies or just accidental viewing.
Even the tiniest one-person business shares private information over the Internet. That can be customer details or business information that would be useful to criminals, business rivals and more.
The Internet wasn’t designed for security and privacy. Even today most programs focus on ease-of-use with customer privacy added on later. It’s up to us to make sure our information is kept private. No-one will do it for us.
Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups shows how keep your personal and business details private. Mostly using tools you already have or are freely available.
Anyone’s information can be copied and misused. Don’t think you’re too small, insignificant or innocent to matter.
for Windows and Mac, Office 365, Office 2019, Office 2016 and earlier
Bots
Hackers and criminals (“Bots”) take personal information, combine those details with other information and sell it. Identify theft is huge business. A single stolen credit card number (with expiry and CVV) can sell for $5,000 on the black market.
Spies
Government agencies (“Spies”) around the world harvest information from the Internet. Emails, web traffic, files on cloud storage and more is monitored. The sad truth is that powers to spy on the Internet are not limited to terrorism. They can and do spy for any reason, often without a warrant or notice to you.
Cock-ups
Accidental intrusion is also possible (“Cock-ups”). Someone might not be trying to snoop on you but might come across information they aren’t mean to see.
Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups has step-by-step advice for
Recipients
Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups considers the people who get your secure files. It’s no good sending an encrypted file if the receiver doesn’t know how to open it!
Windows and Mac
Window and Mac users get a lot from Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups.
Most secure sending methods work for either Mac or Windows.
We note the options that are limited to either Windows or Mac completely or need extra tools to bridge the Microsoft/Apple divide.
Quick Start
Table of Contents
The first chapter of Beating Bots, Spies & Cock-ups gets you secure sending quickly. How to safely send file and documents by various means.
Then there’s detailed chapters on each type file exchange method, how to secure it and how the receiver can open and use the files you send.
Finally, there’s some Geeky Tech Talk more info on encryption standards and security technologies.
Additional information
Yes, No