iSD in the Tech Age!



Net-self-defense, we spend an exorbitant amount of time on our physical defense training and then we forget that our lives are in just as much danger of "Grave Financial Harm" or Financial ruin (Death) as if we are attacked by a street predator. Research and studies show, from the security experts in this field, that Anti-virus and Firewall suites only catch about 5% of the threats out there and those same folks tell us that it is in all probability worse at the Enterprise levels.


My goal here is to educate myself, and by proxy, pass on what I learn to others so that each individual who is connected at any level can take steps to achieve some semblance of security in their electronic on-line lives. We are so deeply imbedded in modern technology that to not take appropriate actions to learn iSD or internet self-defense in the technological age is just foolishness.


My goal is to provide enough of a foundation that readers, like me, can take the appropriate actions, i.e., apply those fundamental principles of technological methodologies to safeguard one of the more important, actually critical, strategies and tactics to defend ourselves from grave economical harm or even economical/financial death or ruin from nefarious predatory hacking processes.


Nothing in this blog is definitive, it is meant to set a foundation of knowledge, understanding and awareness so that you are not one day blindsided by some effort to steal your very life out from underneath you so fast you feel like you have been hit behind the ear and knocked into a daze of confusion, fear and finally anger where your tech-life falls apart and ruins your real life utterly, completely and with no light in sight down that dark, empty and black hole.


Friday, April 8, 2016

Biometric Identification

Don’t be fooled by the ads saying biometric identifications are foolproof, that criminals cannot compromise them because it has been proven that you can compromise them, big time.

There are a variety of clever ways it can be done both tech-wise and sneaker-wise (using sneaker much like the old sneaker-mail meme, i.e., a non-tech method of copying and using your biometrics to circumvent security protocols for nefarious purposes. 

Hey, I wear hearing aids that use bluetooth to connect to iPhone apps to control how the function and guess what, bluetooth has poor security protocols and anyone with the appropriate software can turn on your bluetooth in the aids and hear everything you hear, talk about eavesdropping, yikes!

I won’t tell you how they bypass your own fingerprints, retina prints or other biometric venues used for security but remember, the moment you add the biometric function to any security model it is hackable. 

This brings me to how you can protect your biometrics, don’t allow them to be used in tech-security. But guess what, that won’t do the trick because, if they want you they will get you so the best security is to reduce the biometric recordings to a bare minimum. In my case, I have my phone locked down to the lowest security level possible and still be useful and I don’t use the biometric finger ID feature at all. 

This is one of those “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” things. You have to assess the threats you face and decide how far you are willing to go, to gamble your life from your money to your very life itself, it is that capable and bad. 

Bibliography (Click the link)
Goodman, Marc. “Future Crimes: Everything is Connected, Everyone is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It.” Doubleday. New York. 24 February 2015. 



AT LEAST, BE INFORMED!
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