Wow! I have heard of the hackers targeting big companies like Ashley Madison, Home Depot, and Target to steal data, but this really brings the problem into my own life. The act of remotely hacking into my personal computer and essentially locking me out of my personal documents is infuriating. I would be helpless to retrieve my information without submitting to the hackers demands. Although it is unfair that big businesses are subjected to data hacks, at least they have a fighting chance to avert the attack. People like the grandmother in this report, and everyday people, are easy targets with little defense against this cyber terrorism.
I would have liked the report to at least give a few tips on how to avoid these types of breaches against privacy. Instead, it just dug a little deeper to let you know that some people sell time to others and allow them to remotely spy on your computer too. How do you ever feel safe again? Do you have to back up all your pictures, music, and files by the hour? Do you have to completely unplug to maintain privacy?
The hacker enterprise is one that is continuing to grow and organize. Though law enforcement may momentarily shut it down, it can pop back up again quickly. As an organization that operates in cyberspace it can move and hide in between the ones and zeros. Privacy may be a luxury of the past.
There are some things you can do, to at least protect your surfing activity from your ISP, or if you use a public wifi network, you can use a VPN, or virtual private network to hide your location, and encrypt your data, before it gets to your ISP, or before anyone can use tools to sniff out your data.
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