A Personal Exploration of Digital History

As most of you should remember, my post last week was a little piece entitled Hacking: It Could Happen to You. Little did I know it would happen to me just over a week later. On the list of compromised accounts is my favorite social media site, a few student accounts, and an email account. I have always tried to use strong passwords and minimize the amount to daisychaining I do to my accounts. With my complicated passwords in play and the lack of connection between a few o the aforementioned accounts, this leads me to wonder “Where did I get complacent with my digital security?” As you could tell last week, I was fearful after reading Mat Honan’s story, but now I am downright shaken that someone somewhere was able to access all of this information about me. Just as I said last week, it really could happen to you. Don’t wait until tomorrow to ramp up your security measures – do it now! My story should just be more proof of the necessity for great preventative action. Don’t wait until its your turn.