Privacy Defended: Protecting Yourself Online

Gary Bahadur, William Chan, Chris Weber9780789726056, 078972605X

This resource for beginning to intermediate PC users describes ways of defending against legal and illegal threats to one’s privacy online. Topics include, for example, privacy laws, identity theft, online payment systems, securing the home network, and guarding against hackers. Web addresses for the makers of personal firewall software, parental control technology, encryption software, and anti-virus software are listed in the appendices.