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Online Privacy

 October 3, 2019 @ 7 pm

Keller Williams NY Realty
120 Bloomingdale Rd. ****location map***
White Plains, NY 10605

Plan now to attend!

When you are surfing the internet in the comfort of your home or office, it is easy to forget that you are also in a public place. The internet presents many challenges to your privacy from eavesdroppers, hackers, advertisers, and more.

Just as you look out for card skimmers and cover your hand as you enter your PIN at an ATM, there are tools and practices you can use to protect your online privacy. Come learn about the risks and tools for protection.

Director of Transformation and Strategic Operations for the Westchester Library System, Rob Caluori hold Master’s Degrees in Information Systems and Information Science. He is a librarian, amateur radio operator, technology enthusiast, and unabashed privacy advocate.

Oh, and one more thing...................

At every General Meeting we have door prize drawings. This month's door prize:

• HP G71-340us 17" laptop
• Intel T6600 processor
• Core 2 2.20Ghz X 2
• 320GB SATA drive
• 4.0 GB DDR2 RAM
• DVD-RW drive
• Windows 10 Home 64-bit
  

The door prize is open to members only but non-members can easily join at the front desk to be eligible for the drawing. Only $50 per year per household.

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Operation Clean Slate

In the last several years, the use of malicious software (malware) by online criminals has emerged as a global cybersecurity threat. Of the available intrusion devices, the “bot,” or Web robot, is particularly pervasive, allowing an attacker to take control remotely of a compromised computer or computers. Invisible to victims, these networks, called “botnets,” can include hundreds of thousands of machines around the world, controlled by a cyber criminal, or “bot herder.” . Read more.....

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