Chuckanut
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I heard some interesting advice the other day intended to protect us from thieves stealing our financial assets and identity.
The first option was to have a special computer just for financial use - transactions, checking balances and keeping encrypted records. No emailing, web surfing, game playing and no other users except for those we share our assets with. Of course, all security fixes are applied, anti-malware software is used, etc.
The second option is to use an iPad (due to Apple's more controlled environment), and only use the apps provided by the financial institution. Never use the iPad browser for accessing financial systems just the official app downloaded from the App Store. But, the iPad could be used for other thing like web browsing, etc. unlike the computer. The idea is that if one keeps his password and other ID data secret any violation of accounts and their information must be due to a fault in the app. Thus it is the financial institutions problem and they are responsible to make us whole.
Regardless of the above options avoid connecting to one's financial accounts on an unknown network. But if one must, such as while away from home, data from the iPad would be more secure.
I have heard that iPad is inherently more secure than the normal PC including Macs. My research backs this up but I am certainly not a computer or network security expert.
Any thoughts on this?
The first option was to have a special computer just for financial use - transactions, checking balances and keeping encrypted records. No emailing, web surfing, game playing and no other users except for those we share our assets with. Of course, all security fixes are applied, anti-malware software is used, etc.
The second option is to use an iPad (due to Apple's more controlled environment), and only use the apps provided by the financial institution. Never use the iPad browser for accessing financial systems just the official app downloaded from the App Store. But, the iPad could be used for other thing like web browsing, etc. unlike the computer. The idea is that if one keeps his password and other ID data secret any violation of accounts and their information must be due to a fault in the app. Thus it is the financial institutions problem and they are responsible to make us whole.
Regardless of the above options avoid connecting to one's financial accounts on an unknown network. But if one must, such as while away from home, data from the iPad would be more secure.
I have heard that iPad is inherently more secure than the normal PC including Macs. My research backs this up but I am certainly not a computer or network security expert.
Any thoughts on this?
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