Zmena hesla? Zbytočnosť! by Barbora Misakova

Pravdepodobne už každý z nás spamoval. Posielanie reklamných či inak otravných a nepodstatných správ priateľom a kolegom, je rovnako otravné pre nich, ako pre nás. Najmä ak sa musíte potom ešte ospravedlňovať a vysvetľovať, že ste to nebol v skutočnosti vy, kto tie maily posielal. Kybernetické útoky na štátnej úrovni sú o čosi nebezpečnejšie, nakoľko množstvo tajných informácií môže byť touto cestou získaných a zneužitých. No ani nabúranie cudzej osoby do vá! šho osobného účtu nie je práve príjemné. Mnohé sociálne siete ako Facebook či Myspace upozorňujú svojich užívateľov na hackerov a na potrebu pravidelnej zmeny hesla. Ako však ukázala najnovšia štúdia Microsoftu, pravidelné preheslovávanie účtov je k ničomu. Podľa tejto štúdie je zmena hesla zbytočná, najmä ak dotyčný nový prístupový kód hneď po jeho získaní aj použije. Čo sa zvyčajne aj stáva. Je to ako keby zlodej našiel kľúč od domu, no čakal kým najskôr vymenia zámky. Jediným cieľom hackerov je získať vaše nové heslo a zneužiť tak váš účet. Aj preto namiesto pravidelného striedania hesiel, ktoré sa časom stane neprehľadné aj pre v&#! 225;s samotných, je lepšie popremýšľa! ť n ad vhodným a „silným“ heslom. Dobré heslo by nemalo byť príliš krátke a príliš zjavné – napr. meno vášho priateľa či psa, ku ktorému sa môže každý pomerne jednoducho dostať. Rovnako tak by ste toto heslo nemali nikomu prezrádzať a už vôbec nie ho mať niekde napísané. Ak je však pre vás zapamätávanie si všetkých hesiel príliš zložité, najlepšou radou pre vás je opatrnosť. Dávajte si pozor na to, čo na internete píšete. Ak sa potrebujete zdôveriť s niečím osobným, radšej tak urobte osobne. Možno to bude trochu časovo náročnejšie, no ak sa tajomstvo prezradí, budete aspoň vedieť, kto je za to zodpovedný!

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by Barbora Misakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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Changing password is actually useless by Barbora Misakova

Every one of us already had a chance to be spamming. Sending advertising or even more annoying and unimportant messages to your friends and colleagues will please neither you, nor them. Especially when you then have to send another, this time apologizing emails to them with explanation that it wasn’t actually you but some hacker who did it. Cyberattacks on the governmental level can be more dangerous as there are secret information that can be obtained and abused. But neither such a personal cyberattack is pleasant. Social networks such as Facebook or MySpace are alerting their users to change their passwords more often as a way of protection. But as Microsoft study s! hows, frequent password changes are useless. This study found that advice generally doesn’t make much sense especially when someone who obtains your new password will use it immediately. What they usually do anyway. It is like a crook was lifting a house key but was waiting until the lock is changed before. Instead of constant and regular changing password it would be better for you to think twice what kind of password would be the best. It shouldn’t be too short and too obvious. You shouldn’t betray your password to anyone and you neither should write it on sticky notes or piece of paper attached to your monitor or notice board near your computer. Maybe the best advice from all is: be careful what you write through the internet and if you really need to share something private, do it rather personally. It is maybe wasting more of your time, but when the secret will be betrayed, you know who is responsible.

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by Barbora Misakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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Toytota examining technical error on Lexus GX 460. by Milota Sidorova

It seems there have been either just too much safety control among automakers or it was a sign of significant lack of concern about the safety from their part. The fact is, more world wide automakers had to call off some of their models due technical problems which could end in driving instability and death accident. Toyota, the one of which we have heard before is now dealing with the same problem on another car. 2010 generation of Lexus GX 460 has been halted last days. The cause is that electronic stability control is much too slow to adjust unexpected situation and keep the vehicle on the road. Such delay could cause a rollover accident if one of sliding wheels wouldn'! t react.Toyota, however is dealing in time, maybe relatively flexible, compared to its rivals having the same problems. The case has been mentioned in Consumer Reports magazine that is very popular, especially among people intending to buy new vehicle. Mark Templin, Lexus vice president and general manager said the company was taking the situation very seriously and was aimed to determine, identify and correct the problems as soon as possible.He also said, GX 460 was unlikely to hurt general sale profits since it was contributing only a small part of a wide offer. But there is something more going on – it is the prestige and the image of the company. Toyota had to deal with errors on gas pedal on large SUV model past months. Thousands of vehicles were shut down from sales and distributions. Markets reacted to the news with Toyota's shares loosing 52 cents to $79.03.

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by Milota Sidorova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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