An unusual
cloud formation over
Washington, DC, 2002.
"Jousting in the Clouds",
An Original Photographic
by mkrause, 2002, 2011,
mkrause54@yahoo.com or mkrause381@gmail.com.
Can Internet Hackers Be Blocked From PC Files?
Julian Assange and wikileaks have been in the news recently for US defense leaks. If the US government cannot protect its classified files from access by Internet hackers, can the average PC user?
A monthlynotesstaff source complains that wifi usage places PC files at risk.
PC scans done at Internet Cafes, Verizon at the Borders coffee shops, possibly AT&T at Starbucks or Fedex Kinko's, motel stay wifi connections may expose you and your computer to hackers.
This source reports the significant rearrangement and loss of easy access to numerous internal (hard drive) files of original photographs and graphics. At first the files appeared to have been taken and replaced by network news file photos. The files were later found in other computer files. The network news files appeared on the 'Recently Changed' file. The news photos cannot be deleted easily or possibly at all, or moved to the "Recycle Bin".
This may be evidence of a serious problem with the concept of the 'stream of data' known as 'cloud computing'. Individual PCs through some type of internet virus are being hijacked for use as servers for Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks like Yahoo and its affiliates, possibly Google, or even cable networks scanning electrical outlets in businesses.
Even good, well-known security programs cannot maintain a 'firewall' preventing data leaks from the individual PC. Part of the problem is the software design. New programs require not only the CD bought in the store, but also Internet access to install and run the software program purchased.
There is a need for immediate research into this problem. New types of software may have to be developed to maintain a computer industry and products users want to purchase. Perhaps software contained on your PC only, networks of PCs, partially or fully open or closed Internet circuits, and other options may make the computer industry too unwieldy for the average computer user to navigate.
These phenomena may create new challenges for newspaper and book publishers, and other print media companies now moving into electronic formats.
(Read more on this and other topics on "Caveat Emptor: May the Buyer Beware" on http://monthlynotesthirteen.blogspot.com on www.google.com.)
Graphic: "Jousting in the Clouds", An Original Photographic by mkrause, 2002, 2011, mkrause54@yahoo.com or mkrause381@gmail.com. An unusual cloud formation over Washington, DC, 2002.
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