Windows 8 In Depth

First, a Few Simple Precautions

So how do your thwart the world’s crackers? We often joke that it’s easy if you follow a simple four-prong plan:

• Don’t connect to the Internet. Ever.

• Don’t install programs on your computer. No, not even that one.

• Don’t let anyone else work with, touch, glance at, talk about, or come within 20 feet of your computer.

• Burglar-proof your home or office.

The point here is that if you use your computer (and live your life) in an even remotely normal way, you open up your machine to security risks. That’s a bleak assessment, for sure, but fortunately it doesn’t take a lot of effort on your part to turn your computer into a maximum-security area. The security techniques in this chapter (and the next three chapters) ...