Securing Yourself 1

Your activities can be monitored and recorded when you use electronic media.
When you use a computer machine to access the internet, it is possible to record your keystrokes. Keystrokes are the keys that you type, and the sequence of typing, onto the keyboard. Try to ensure no gadgets are attached to the cable connecting the keyboard to the computer machine. Be aware that keystroke recording software may be installed on the local machine.

Your data input is recorded in the computer cache (short term memory) until you switch off the machine. If you upload any data onto a remote machine, the data will be saved also into the cache and the hard (long term memory) drive of the remote machine.

When you use an electronic mail (email) or web hosting service, your data is saved into the hard drives of the service provider and is replicated (copied) onto several remote machines.